Watch The Day The Universe Changed – 10 (1985) Documentary Online


Episode 10.
Worlds Without End: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality.
The Day The Universe Changed.

The conclusion reviews the history of Western knowledge covered, and considers the impact of computer technology on the acquisition of information. Also: the Nepalese Buddhist method of explaining the universe. Host: James Burke. The final episode of the series provides a brief overview of the people and events that were featured in the previous nine episodes. James Burke explains that in every period of history, people have believed that their explanations and theories were correct and complete. Burke goes on to make predictions about how the computer will revolutionize the world once again.

Points out that today’s truth will be superseded as our scientific knowledge changes and questions whether moving from one stage of knowledge to another is really progress. Poses the questions: Is knowledge itself only what we make it? Should we find room for tolerance of other cultures’ views of knowledge?

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