Experts

Experts - are they to be trusted?

An episode of the Sweet Reason podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Experts" was published on August 23, 2018 and runs 27 minutes.

August 23, 2018 ·27m · Sweet Reason

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Summary

When Michael Gove said "the people of this country have had enough of experts..." did he have a point? In this episode we'll do two main things: ask how the public should choose between experts, competing experts and charlatans. And we'll ask whether experts - particularly social scientists - really are neutral commentators, or whether they come with their own baggage?Studio guests: Sir David Spiegelhalter - a statistician, and professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge. Claire Fox - Director of the Academy of Ideas. Lord Willetts - Conservative peer and former Minister of State for Universities.

Episode Description

When Michael Gove said "the people of this country have had enough of experts..." did he have a point? In this episode we'll do two main things: ask how the public should choose between experts, competing experts and charlatans. And we'll ask whether experts - particularly social scientists - really are neutral commentators, or whether they come with their own baggage?

Studio guests: Sir David Spiegelhalter - a statistician, and professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge. Claire Fox - Director of the Academy of Ideas. Lord Willetts - Conservative peer and former Minister of State for Universities.

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