#108 — Defending the Experts
December 14, 2017
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Episode 108 · December 14, 2017
#108 — Defending the Experts
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<p>Sam Harris speaks with Tom Nichols about his book <em>The Death of Expertise</em>. They discuss the "Dunning-Kruger Effect," the growth of knowledge and reliance on authority, when experts fail, the repudiation of expertise in politics, conspiracy thinking, North Korea, Trump, and other topics.</p> <p>If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.</p>
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