Is science making us stupid?

In this episode, we explore Is Science Making Us Stupid?—a deliberately provocative question that opens into a deeper examination of how we come to know the world.

Drawing on philosophical insights into different ways of knowing—or epistemologies—we consider what happens when any single mode of understanding begins to dominate. While scientific reasoning has delivered extraordinary advances, this episode asks what is lost when it extends beyond its proper domain and becomes the default lens for interpreting all aspects of reality.

This form of epistemic overreach can narrow our understanding, reducing complex human experiences—such as meaning, value, and purpose—to what can be measured or analysed. In doing so, it risks diminishing our capacity to engage with some of the most important questions we face.

Rather than rejecting science, this episode argues for a more balanced epistemology—one that recognises multiple ways of knowing and restores depth to how we think, perceive, and act in the world.