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DTSTART:20141218T130000Z
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SUMMARY:Blinkers: scientific ignorance and evasion
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DESCRIPTION:'''Host:''' Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences\n\n'''About 
 the event:''' \n\nBased on Charles Pasternak’s latest book: Blinkers: Sc
 ientific ignorance and evasion (Smith-Gordon\, Cambs\, 2012) \n\nWe pay 
 lip service to science\, but do we accept the need to place it at the he
 art of education so that it becomes natural for politicians and leaders 
 to be well equipped to understand the world we live in? \n\nI don’t thin
 k so. Ignorant politicians formulate inappropriate policies\, and untrai
 ned journalists bombard us with dodgy information. Scientists themselves
  sometimes evade the facts in order to present politically acceptable co
 nclusions.\n\nIn this talk I illustrate some of these matters with refer
 ence to some Nobel prizes\, to the ‘Two cultures’\, to astrology\, to AI
 DS and HIV infection\, and to religious belief.\n\nIf a background in sc
 ience makes for better politicians\, can we identify any who have \n
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Michael Smith Lecture Theatre\, Michael Smith Building\, Manches
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