# Science and democracy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2003
- Speaker: Lee Smolin
- Year: 2003
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lee_smolin_science_and_democracy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Physicist Lee Smolin talks about how the scientific community works: as he puts it, "we fight and argue as hard as we can," but everyone accepts that the next generation of scientists will decide who's right. And, he says, that's how democracy works, too.

## Lectures

1. [Science and democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lee_smolin_science_and_democracy/f0ce9f1a94a6), 13 min (TED's player)