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Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West on Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

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Is Lying an Evolutionarily Sustainable Strategy of Lying and Truth Telling?

Kevin Barrett: Is there any way to actually rid the world of fake news or is that really beside the point? He says we allow lying leaders to keep going at it because we quote unquote no better. Barrett: We need to change our tactics from how we respond as the recipients of bullshit to how we punish cheaters at the source. "I am becoming less of an optimist nowadays sometimes"

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