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Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on "Private Truths and Public Lies"

Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on "Private Truths and Public Lies"

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Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on "Private Truths and Public Lies"

FromRationally Speaking Podcast

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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Dec 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, economist Timur Kuran explains the ubiquitous phenomenon of "preference falsification" -- in which people claim to support something publicly even though they don't support it privately -- and describes its harmful effects on society. He and Julia explore questions like: Is preference falsification all bad? Are there ways to reduce it? And how much has the Internet changed the dynamics around preference falsification?
Released:
Dec 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor! We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them."Rationally Speaking was co-created with Massimo Pigliucci, is produced by Benny Pollak, and is recorded in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village.