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Ep60 "Can we think better by wrestling with conflicting ideas?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Episode • May 27, 2024 • 55m

Why do we believe our own truths so strongly? What is steel-manning, and why is it so important? What does any of this have to do with F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Keats, or the future of our society? This week's episode deals with polarization and what we might do about it. Join Eagleman and his guest Isaac Saul, who works to represent different points of view in his newsletter Tangle -- all in the name of the intellectual humility that can blossom from grappling with conflicting ideas.

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