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Ken Taylor: The Benefits of Philosophy and Reason TEDxStanford

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(May 19, 2012) Ken Taylor talks about the benefits of philosophy and reason. He argues that the phenomenon of confirmation bias is our biggest cognitive failure and that we can not improve our democracy while it exists.

(May 19, 2012) Ken Taylor talks about the benefits of philosophy and reason. He argues that the phenomenon of confirmation bias is our biggest cognitive failure and that we can not improve our democracy while it exists.

10 min

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