Philip Ball vs Nick Spencer • Can science tell us what it means to be human?

The Big Conversation - Episode 3 | Season 5

It’s a widely held view that science and religion are in conflict, including and perhaps especially over how they approach one of life's most fundamental questions: what does it mean to be human? But is that really the case, and do we need to rethink how we’ve been seeking the answer, at a time when we seemingly need more clarity over humanity's identity than ever before?

Atheist science writer and broadcaster Philip Ball, author of "The Book of Minds: Understanding Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to Aliens", engages with Christian academic Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at Theos and author of "Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion".

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The Big Conversation is a video series from Premier Unbelievable? featuring world-class thinkers across the religious and non-religious community. Exploring science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human. The Big Conversation is produced by Premier Unbelievable? in partnership with John Templeton Foundation.

• For Philip Ball: https://www.philipball.co.uk
• For Philip Ball's "second brain" project: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/40960/why-im-growing-a-second-brain
• For Nick Spencer: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/03/02/magisteria-the-entangled-histories-of-science-and-religion

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