Full House
Stephen Gould
Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution—that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex—or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs correcting. In Full House, Gould presents the truth about progress, evolution, and excellence, as well as a different way to understand trends other than as entities moving in a definite direction. Gould examines how the misinterpretation of data and statistics can result in bad science and social policy, while focusing on the nature of excellence from Plato to Darwin and the misconception that progress is inevitable.
Author - Stephen Gould.
Narrator - Efrem Zimbalist Jr..
Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution—that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex—or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs correcting. In Full House, Gould presents the truth about progress, evolution, and excellence, as well as a different way to understand trends other than as entities moving in a definite direction. Gould examines how the misinterpretation of data and statistics can result in bad science and social policy, while focusing on the nature of excellence from Plato to Darwin and the misconception that progress is inevitable. Author - Stephen Gould. Narrator - Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:15:10
Chapter 2
Duration:00:28:08
Chapter 3
Duration:00:29:05
Chapter 4
Duration:00:23:18
Chapter 5
Duration:00:31:09
Chapter 6
Duration:00:05:46
Chapter 7
Duration:00:16:29
Chapter 8
Duration:00:16:06
Chapter 9
Duration:00:22:32
Chapter 10
Duration:00:37:37
Chapter 11
Duration:00:09:20
Chapter 12
Duration:00:27:29
Chapter 13
Duration:00:35:42
Chapter 14
Duration:00:17:36
Chapter 15
Duration:00:50:03
Chapter 16
Duration:00:37:24
Chapter 17
Duration:00:08:46
Chapter 18
Duration:00:34:53