Science: Humanity's Universal Bridge

[2015-01-21 Wed 19:30] speaker: Brian Schmidt event: ASEAN Bridges ** pleiades seven sisters have been observed by all of humanity remarkable similar names in different cultures ** predicting the motion of the planets Copernicus’s idea of helio centric system was validated by Galileo’s observation with telescopes the beginning of the scientific method, expanded by Newton ** Einstein’s theory of general relativity impossible to distinguish between gravity and acceleration validated by observation of gravity lensing effect ** What is reality? a set of ideas which predict the observations we make ** Science has increased human life expectancy at a price due to increase in human population ** Science should focus on long term problems increasing GDP per capita reduces fertility rate, ensures global population growth stabalises ** Science is a global effort culture of sharing, international collaboration but it can only be a bridge ** Science is integral to our future all movies about the future are science fiction