What Alex O'Connor has said about Philosophy of science
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 12, 2026
Alex O'Connor, British atheist philosopher and YouTuber, formerly Cosmic Skeptic, has been quoted on Philosophy of science 2 times in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on November 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
O'Connor argues that the nature of science entails that it will never explain consciousness, and people overestimate its scope.
“I think it entails it. I think that science is extremely good at doing what it does, but people are over-optimistic about its possible extent”
Modern Wisdom: Why Atheists Keep Finding God (in everything) - Alex O’Connor - #1175 (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 34:02
O'Connor argues that because science moves toward objectivity and consciousness is subjectivity, scientific description moves away from consciousness.
“the less subjective you get and the more objective you get in your description, the further away you're getting from consciousness”
Modern Wisdom: Why Atheists Keep Finding God (in everything) - Alex O’Connor - #1175 (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 39:38
Episodes
Why Atheists Keep Finding God (in everything) - Alex O’Connor - #1175Modern Wisdom · Nov 12, 2026 · 1 h 57 min
Alex O'Connor tells Chris Williamson why consciousness undermines materialism, how mysticism and prayer work, and discusses embryo selection, the non-identity problem, and fantasy as cheating.
Alex O'Connor on other topics
- Consciousness · 3 quotes
- Embryo selection · 2 quotes
- Pornography · 1 quote
- Infidelity · 1 quote
- Prayer · 1 quote
- Meditation · 1 quote
- Idealism · 1 quote
- Emergence · 1 quote