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Well, wed like to welcome back to book tv. Michael shermer, his most recent book is the devil his due came out in 2020. Michael shermer what are you trying to accomplish in giving the devil his due . Well, this is my defense of free speech. Im pretty much a free speech fundamentalist. The devil is whoever you dont agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. Thats the devil. And he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the...

Fundamentalist. The devil is whoever you dont agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. Thats the devil. And he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows about the information bubbles. Were all in and i do too. But theyre dangerous because youre going to...

Agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. Thats the devil. And he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows about the information bubbles. Were all in and i do too. But theyre dangerous because youre going to rarely hear that goes your beliefs. So you ha...

Not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows about the information bubbles. Were all in and i do too. But theyre dangerous because youre going to rarely hear that goes your beliefs. So you have to kind of go out of way to overcome this confirmation bias is motivated this kind of collection of facts that fit what i want to believe is true rather than what not be t...

It needed no subtitle the opening chapter, the first chapter of that book, setting the stage for his discussion of manliness throughout, history and in our time was titled the gender neutral society, and that is the title of todays panel discussion. Were so lucky to be joined today by two friends of aei ill introduce them both and then well begin diana schaub is, professor of Political Science at loyola, maryland. And im happy to say senior fellow here at aei. She writes and studies statements and political rhetoric, including especially Abraham Lincoln and, frederick douglass, her most recent...