Brian Cox

So you need to believe things and you need to argue for things. You need to take positions. You have to have a morality. You have to have a politics, right, basically. Otherwise, you're not a person of substance. But he says at the same time, of course, you have to recognize there's a society. So there are lots of people with anchors.

And you might strongly disagree with that anchor and they might be wrong. Their anchor might be nonsense. But the challenge of politics is to avoid war. I read somewhere recently, someone said, I can't remember if it was, but said that democracy is a technology challenge. to avoid civil war. That's what it is.

And you might strongly disagree with that anchor and they might be wrong. Their anchor might be nonsense. But the challenge of politics is to avoid war. I read somewhere recently, someone said, I can't remember if it was, but said that democracy is a technology challenge. to avoid civil war. That's what it is.

And you might strongly disagree with that anchor and they might be wrong. Their anchor might be nonsense. But the challenge of politics is to avoid war. I read somewhere recently, someone said, I can't remember if it was, but said that democracy is a technology challenge. to avoid civil war. That's what it is.

So somehow you've got to understand that whilst you have your, and should have, your firmly held position, you have to find a way, and it feels almost contradictory, you have to find a way of understanding that the society as a whole is a complex mixture of all these different little particles with their own anchors and their own positions. And what is the goal? So it is the goal.

So somehow you've got to understand that whilst you have your, and should have, your firmly held position, you have to find a way, and it feels almost contradictory, you have to find a way of understanding that the society as a whole is a complex mixture of all these different little particles with their own anchors and their own positions. And what is the goal? So it is the goal.

So somehow you've got to understand that whilst you have your, and should have, your firmly held position, you have to find a way, and it feels almost contradictory, you have to find a way of understanding that the society as a whole is a complex mixture of all these different little particles with their own anchors and their own positions. And what is the goal? So it is the goal.

It often feels to me that politics at the moment, the goal is to win an argument. It often feels like to convince enough people that your view is the right view. And that obviously is part of democracy. It's the way it works. You argue for your position and then you get four or five years to do your thing and then someone else can take over.

It often feels to me that politics at the moment, the goal is to win an argument. It often feels like to convince enough people that your view is the right view. And that obviously is part of democracy. It's the way it works. You argue for your position and then you get four or five years to do your thing and then someone else can take over.

It often feels to me that politics at the moment, the goal is to win an argument. It often feels like to convince enough people that your view is the right view. And that obviously is part of democracy. It's the way it works. You argue for your position and then you get four or five years to do your thing and then someone else can take over.

But also, I think the thing we're missing at the moment is that perhaps more fundamental function of democracy, which is to avoid war. Because if you can avoid war, especially with the power that we have now, you have the time to sort the rest out. But if we can't avoid war, we don't. And I think that – and Oppenheimer wrote – he knew that in the 50s.

But also, I think the thing we're missing at the moment is that perhaps more fundamental function of democracy, which is to avoid war. Because if you can avoid war, especially with the power that we have now, you have the time to sort the rest out. But if we can't avoid war, we don't. And I think that – and Oppenheimer wrote – he knew that in the 50s.

But also, I think the thing we're missing at the moment is that perhaps more fundamental function of democracy, which is to avoid war. Because if you can avoid war, especially with the power that we have now, you have the time to sort the rest out. But if we can't avoid war, we don't. And I think that – and Oppenheimer wrote – he knew that in the 50s.

And it feels to me more that we're back full circle now. It feels to me we've almost forgotten. We seem to have forgotten that the primary – The primary function of democracy is not to ensure that your side wins. The primary function of democracy is to ensure there's a chance for the other side to win at some point in the future.

And it feels to me more that we're back full circle now. It feels to me we've almost forgotten. We seem to have forgotten that the primary – The primary function of democracy is not to ensure that your side wins. The primary function of democracy is to ensure there's a chance for the other side to win at some point in the future.

And it feels to me more that we're back full circle now. It feels to me we've almost forgotten. We seem to have forgotten that the primary – The primary function of democracy is not to ensure that your side wins. The primary function of democracy is to ensure there's a chance for the other side to win at some point in the future.

And yeah, that's it really. That's what I would like to say.

And yeah, that's it really. That's what I would like to say.

And yeah, that's it really. That's what I would like to say.

This just makes sense. What does seem to be generally true is that we haven't, as a society... It says it was just on Facebook.