Leigh E. Rich
2:00 – 1:00 pm | Wednesday, August 6 | $10/$20

Changes in technology and politics have weaponized the concept of doubt, a foundational philosophical and scientific idea. Propaganda, demagoguery, and what American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt calls “bulls**t” have yielded “fake news,” “alternative facts.” Social scientist Leigh Rich asks, “Are there best practices to doubting?”