PACS 164A Lecture 3: How Science and History Weigh-in on the Possibility of the Nonviolent Effect

In this lecture, Professor Michael Nagler examines the presence of nonviolence thought and practice in both history and science. Professor Nagler provides an introduction for how to most tactfully use the building blocks of nonviolent engagement in the context of Gandhi’s first actions of civil disobedience. In the case of nonviolence in science, Professor Nagler elaborates on the practice and significance of reductionism and the state of the modern study of evolution. Lecture Transcript: 0:02:24 Applying the Rules of Fasting 0:11:25 Noncooperation 0:15:05 Scientific Paradigm 0:20:47 Gandhi’s Epic Fast 0:26:59 Prejudices in Science 0:31:27 Primate Studies 0:33:08 The New Biology 0:40:04 Three Questions of Matter 0:45:04 Quantum Nature 0:54:29 Theoretical Physics 0:55:43 Conscious and Subjective Reality 1:00:06 Quantum Inseparability and Interconnection 1:07:18 Study of Life https://wagi