← A Glorious Accident

Season 1

7 episodes · 1993

"A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers. Hosted by Wim Kayzer, guests included Daniel Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, and Stephen Toulmin. It was filmed in the Netherlands by the VPRO and produced by Nellie Kamer.

  1. 1Oliver Sacks: Migraine

    03 Jan 1993 · 1 hr 30 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Oliver Sacks talks about Migraine.

  2. 2Rupert Sheldrake: Revolution or wrong track?

    04 Jan 1993 · 1 hr 31 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Rupert Sheldrake talks about the question revolution or wrong track?

  3. 3Daniel C. Dennett: The Last Refuge of Humanity

    10 Jan 1993 · 1 hr 30 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Daniel C. Dennett talks about The Last Refuge of Humanity.

  4. 4Stephen Toulmin: Descartes, Descartesanity

    11 Jan 1993 · 1 hr 28 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Stephen Toulmin talks about Descartes and Descartesanity.

  5. 5Freeman Dyson: In Praise of Diversity

    17 Jan 1993 · 1 hr 36 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Freeman Dyson talks about In Praise of Diversity.

  6. 6Stephen Jay Gould: Unanswerable Questions

    18 Jan 1993 · 1 hr 20 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Stephen Jay Gould talks about Unanswerable Questions.

  7. 7Coming together: We wonder, ever wonder why we found us here

    24 Jan 1993 · 3 hr 31 min

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    "A Glorious Accident" is a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers hosted by Wim Kayzer. Six scientist discuss why we found us here.