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Quote of the day by Michael Faraday: 'There's nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right' and how blind certainty is human nature's most dangerous trap

The danger of absolute certainty lies in its ability to stifle necessary discussions and overlook crucial warning signs. Renowned scientist Michael Faraday emphasized the importance of maintaining doubt and curiosity in our thoughts. Psychological studies reveal that a limited understanding can cause individuals to mistakenly inflate their competence. In leadership,…

The Times of India

The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory'

A new book shows how a phrase made its way from the crime pages to our political arguments—and picked up a passel of meanings along the way.

Reason

Len Doyal obituary

Other lives: Senior lecturer in medical ethics and the first non-medical honorary consultant in a British hospital

The Guardian - UK

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The things that you’re liable to read in the IPCC bible ain’t necessarily so, Chris Uhlmann says. It’s a bold claim

The contributor to Sky News accuses climate change ‘zealots’ of not having read the research. But his own reading is less than comprehensive

The Guardian - AU

Reproduce or it didn’t happen: why replicable science is better science

Reproducibility is the essence of scientific truth. Karl Popper wrote non-reproducible single occurrences are of no significance to science. To improve reproducibility, robust experimental design, better stats, data sharing, authenticated biomaterials, publishing negative data, better mentorship needed. We can't depend on one outcome/study. It's our collective responsibility to ensure reproducibility.

The Hindu

Did liberalism sabotage itself?

Historian Samuel Moyn's account of the downfall of liberalism raises intriguing questions — but can't answer them

Salon

The Infinite City by Niall Kishtainy review – a history of utopias

The dreamers and schemers who conjured up ideal futures, from Thomas More to Extinction Rebellion

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George Soros hands control over his family's philanthropy to son Alex, after giving away billions and enduring years of antisemitic attacks and conspiracy theories

Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is handing control of his US$25 billion holdings, including his Open Society Foundations, to one of his sons, Alexander Soros.

The Conversation

George Soros’s indelible mark on UK runs deeper than Black Wednesday

Breaking Bank of England in 1992 arguably set off wave of Euroscepticism that would engulf British politics

The Guardian - UK

Why should we trust science? Because it doesn't trust itself

Many of us accept science is a reliable guide to what we ought to believe – but not all of us do.

The Conversation

Why does science embrace uncertainty?

Science is an attempt to limit the human propensity for self delusion.

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