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712: Thoughtful meandering with William Deresiewicz

Humanize Me

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Is Science the Only Way to Answer All Questions?

Fiction and art in general possesses its own authority. It's the same authority that personal experience possesses. To try to argue for the value of fiction on the authority of science is precisely to underman undermine the value of Fiction. That itself negates the very reason that art exists and the independent value of art. I found myself thinking, gee, I should probably be calling Bill every few months and saying, what are you watching? Because you probably think more carefully about what you watch them most of my friends. Yeah.

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