The Problem Isn't With High School or the in Crowd or Academics

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"I shunned the people who I thought were lower on the social ladder than I was," he says. "No matter how hard I work, there's never a problem I'm going to solve because I am the problem." Next week, you'll hear a new forum from April of 2022 at Columbia University. Two philosophers discuss the value of truth and living in accordance with it.

The same facts can lead to different stories. You see this daily in your news feed — major events produce dozens of headlines, and each article has its own interpretation of the facts. This is how we make sense of the world: when we get information, we want to interpret it. But, with so many choices, is there a right interpretation?

In today’s episode, we ask this question. How can you interpret the facts of your life and make sense of your meaning and purpose? Our speaker is Dr. Troy Van Voorhis, a professor of Chemistry at MIT. He discusses how interpretations may not always be in conflict with each other, and how his Christian faith informs his approach to certainty.

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