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Is the Future Unknowable? Uncertainty, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
The Michael Shermer Show · Sep 2026 · 0:40
“i came across it that the word optimism didn't even exist until seventeen fifty nine when it was invented honestly invented by voltaire for his novel candide or optimism ”
364 | Stuart Firestein on How Science Relies on Ignorance and Failure
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Aug 2026 · 58:06
“when it was invented was invented the word was invented by voltaire for his novel candide or optimism ”
88. Is Self-Improvement Too Selfish?
No Stupid Questions · Aug 2026 · 13:38
“you know when i was in high school i read kandide did you read kandide by voltaire ”
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