Sifting Truth From Hearsay
The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins
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The Demon Haunted World
I'm intrigued by the way misinformation seems to be so popular. I think there really is a significant number of people who believe in a flat Earth or that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. And it's becoming harder and harder as a broadcaster on a public broadcaster which has the imprimatur of mainstream press to cut through that cacophony. Can you reassure me or are we all doomed? No I mean I'm actually intrigued by this phenomenon. We'll come back next week, we'll have a little book session, we'llhave a book club, we'll talk about it.
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