A Love Affair with the Unknown with Gill Deacon
TIMOTHY CAULFIELD Certainty leaves us vulnerable to misinformation
30 Sep 2025
Living in a post-truth world is wildly destabilizing. With so much conflicting information, how can we trust what is real? Timothy Caulfield is Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy as well as a popular author. In his latest book The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters, Caulfield cuts through simplistic misinformation and reminds us why science, in all its complexity, is our best shot at navigating the way forward. As he discusses in this week’s thought-provoking episode, we must learn to get more comfortable with not always having clear answers and control; it is—ironically enough—actually a desire for certainty that has led to the havoc of disinformation and conspiracy theories. Subscribe to our newsletter for more A Love Affair with the Unknown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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