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#471 - Jim Al-Khalili - Physics Is Far Stranger Than You Think

Modern Wisdom

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You Don't Have to Wash Your Hands to Be Protected

In science, admitting your mistakes is a strength. But in so many parts of wider society, that is seen as a weakness. It's something we've seen all along in in politics, for example. A politician will not admit a mistake. Orn they won't admit that they were wrong about something,. very rarely any e. And and it's all so, so, so far removed from the way we do science. So ifuse, if you were not in an argumet with some one, to say, actually, no, i think you've got a good point there. I now understand where you're coming from would be wonderful. But, i mean, that may require

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