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Ian Dunt

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

1970s, that went away?

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

That's exactly right, yeah.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

And there's an episode, it's episode 13, I think, which is called Knowledge and Certainty or Knowledge or Certainty.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

You can find the full thing on YouTube.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

And I really hope that people do because it's a truly profound and beautiful thing.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

And it's about the importance of doubt in human affairs.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

It's about the scientific method and why that makes it preferable to dogma, to the assertion of certainty.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

He's Jewish.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

And it ends with him, you know, in Auschwitz, sort of saying, this is where many members of my family were killed.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

And he says, they were not killed by science.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

They were killed by ignorance that comes from certainty, by dogma.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

Even today, there's a three-minute clip of it that you can see online, but I hope people watch the full episode.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

It's just one of the most profoundly beautiful things, and it shattered me completely.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

That process, knock down the house.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

Don't just replace the content.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

Knock down the house.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

I have Jacob Bernofsky to thank for that.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

Pretty different.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

Not hugely different.

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The decline of modern Britain β€” where did it all go so wrong?

We still had a Labour government at that period.