Science Fictions, with Stuart Ritchie and Tom Whipple

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🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Medicine, education, health, parenting – wherever it really matters, we look to science for guidance and answers. In this episode Stuart Ritchie discusses his new book 'Science Fictions' and reveals the disturbing flaws that undermine our understanding of all of these fields and more. He spoke to Tom Whipple the science editor at The Times and to find out more about the book click here: https://amzn.to/2OF9a4C. ------------------------------ Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month. Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith. For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.4	And on this week's podcast, we're very happy to say we have Stuart Ritchie,
0:57.5	who many of you might remember was in our debate. Does parenting matter?
1:00.7	And it was also in another debate on Intelligence Squared Plus recently on whether
1:04.6	the such thing as a gendered brain, a female brain or a male brain.
1:08.6	But today Stewart joined us to speak about his new book, Science Fictions, Exposing Fraud, Negligence, Bias and
1:14.8	Hype in Science.
1:15.8	And he spoke to Tom Whipple, Science Editor of the Times, for a really fascinating conversation.
1:21.1	So we hope you enjoy. Hello, I'm Tom Whipple, author and science editor at The Times.
1:27.0	I'm here with Stuart Ritchie, a psychologist, a professor, and a frequent debater on Intelligence
1:32.3	Squared.
1:33.2	He is the author of the new book,
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