Too Hard For Science? Philip Zimbardo Creating Millions of Heroes
- Fri 22 Apr 2011 04:56:PM
If outside influences can make people act badly, can they also be used to help people do good?
In "Too Hard For Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people. This feature aims to look at the impossible dreams, the seemingly intractable problems in science. However, the question mark at the end of "Too Hard For Science?" suggests that nothing might be impossible.
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