Battle of Ideas
SOUL ON THE SLAB VIDEO. A film of a discussion at the 2013 Battle of Ideas with Bill Durodié, Geraint Rees and Sally Satel, with chair Claire Fox.
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How The Light Gets In
VIDEOS AT IATV. There are several videos of discussions I chaired or took part in at the How The Light Gets In festival. From 2013, there is The Prejudice of Intellectuals: Beauty, intellect, and power with Catherine Hakim, Hannah Dawson and Jim Crace. Also Is Religion Dangerous? with Nicholas Humphrey, Richard Harries and Rupert Sheldrake, with Shahidha Bari hosting. All my as speaker videos are here and as chair ones here.
ReadCan you be too intelligent?
The question of whether someone can be too intelligent in any sense is entirely hypothetical in my own case. And lack of intelligence is a much more serious and common problem than too much of it. Nonetheless, it’s worth remembering that even intelligence can be excessive, as a reminder that just because something is good, that does not mean more of it is always better.
ReadDo strengths or weaknesses matter more?
It can take an exceptional mind to come up with a real insight but the processing part of thinking well usually requires no mental gymnastics. All you need to do is make no mistakes. To do that for even a single day requires exceptional mental rigour.
ReadAre good intentions enough?
Sometimes intentions don’t count for much, but they almost always count for something. We’re likely to be angrier at a person who meant harm and succeeded than one who meant well but failed. However, it seems we’re not consistent in how we decide what people intended…
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