Fact-checking may be important, but it won't help Americans learn to disagree better
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Activist Michael Shellenberger on “coming to peace with this radical technology”
In a new book, Taylor Dotson argues that both scientism and populism appeal to “truth narratives” that “promote a fanatical approach to politics.”
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