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#315 - The Great Derangement

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Tension Between Accepting Authority and Scientific Consensus

Sally Kohn: I try to think like a scientist and live in an ideal lab as much as I can. But it's interesting to see how you're perceived when endeavoring to maintain the norms of an ideal lab, she says. "When your bullshit detector goes off, it goes off in the presence of anyone as a scientist," writes Kohn. She argues that scientists must be skeptical of authority and consensus at every step along the way.

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