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Dan Williams on Misinformation

July 19
46 mins

Episode Description

Yascha Mounk and Dan Williams discuss fake news.

Daniel Williams is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He writes the Conspicuous Cognition newsletter, which brings together philosophical insights and scientific research to examine the forces shaping contemporary society and politics.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Dan Williams explore whether the term misinformation is defined too broadly, how to judge if something is fake news, and what is meant by the “everyone is biased” bias.


Podcast production by Jack Shields and Leonora Barclay.

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