#20 Timandra Harkness

Timandra Harkness is a journalist, comedian and statistician. She is a regular on BBC Radio 4, writing and presenting How To Disagree, a beginner’s guide to having better arguments and FutureProofing, a series looking at the social impact of new big ideas. She also presents documentaries such as Data, Data Everywhere and Personality Politics, and was resident reporter on social psychology series The Human Zoo. In this episode, she talks to Elizabeth about her childhood, why its important to hear ideas you don't like so that yours are better informed, and why she chose to study mathematics and statistics as a way of finding out answers to life's bigger questions. She also talks about Artificial Intelligence, and why it's no replacement for human enquiry and empathy. Follow Elizabeth at @theoselizabeth and Theos Think Tank at @theosthinktank to keep up to date with future episodes, events and research.