Kevin Kelly-- the next 100 years of science

Kevin Kelly, active in the Long Now, self-proclaimed science groupie.

Transcript of the talk is here

Science is a structure of sustainable changes.

Recursion/self-reference is the fundamental principle of the universe (he does not say it as strongly, but this comes across). Self reference creates a new level; this explains the growing complexity of XX (science, civilization, life ITSELF!)

If science is how we know things (the god of truth/knowledge). Next wave of science a tripod:

1. immense depth of observation
   
2. full exploration of the parameter space (deterministic search)
   
3. simulations (random search)
   

Earliest use of the word "science" in English is "For God of science is Lord" from 1340. I think he gets this from the Oxford English Dictionary [vol.ix, 1961, p. 221], but this is from an unconfirmed Google search. Other quotables:

What you imagine is as important as what you measure

Science is how we surprize God