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Science is a tool, not a description of reality

Science strips the world of its subjectivity, which may be a fatal error; Peterson therefore thinks of science as a tool rather than as a description of reality, in contrast to Harris's realist view that science describes reality as it is.

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Speaker

Jordan Peterson

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i think of science as a tool rather than as a description of reality

Source

62 - What Is TrueMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 1:57:14 AM

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