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Can Science Explain Everything? | Ard Louis & Pascal Wallisch

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Can Science Explain Everything? | Ard Louis & Pascal Wallisch

January 16, 2020
The Veritas Forum
The Veritas Forum

Theoretical Physicist, Ard Louis of Oxford University and Neuroscientist, Pascal Wallisch of New York University explore whether our reality is all simply an invention of the brain and within that, pondering if we can know what is objectively true. From the NYU Veritas Forum: Is There Truth Beyond Your Brain? • Please like, share, subscribe to and review this podcast!

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