Stuart Feierstein
Stuart Firestein is a professor of neuroscience and former chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, best known for his books "Ignorance" and "Failure" that champion uncertainty in science.
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Aug 20, 2026
Stuart FeiersteinGUEST
I mean, the idea is that we have what I would call provisional truths, which is actually a term that I think was coined to some extent by a philosopher of science named Catherine Elgin, who wrote a book called True Enough.
Stuart FeiersteinGUEST
that science is rarely better than true enough, but that's often really quite good.
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Lynn Ware PeekHOST
But how has science communication both served and maybe compromised scientific uncertainty?