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The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil Plait

The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil Plait

FromTED Talks Science and Medicine


The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil Plait

FromTED Talks Science and Medicine

ratings:
Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Phil Plait was on a Hubble Space Telescope team of astronomers who thought they may have captured the first direct photo of an exoplanet ever taken. But did the evidence actually support that? Follow along as Plait shows how science progresses -- through a robust amount of making and correcting errors. "The price of doing science is admitting when you're wrong, but the payoff is the best there is: knowledge and understanding," he says.
Released:
Mar 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Some of the world's greatest scientists, doctors and medical researchers share their discoveries and visions onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.