🎙️ Episode Title:"Belief in Crisis: Neil Levy on Trust, Truth, and the Collapse of Expertise"Why do smart people believe nonsense? 🤔 Has the word expert lost its meaning? And can we still trust institutions that have failed us? 🏛️In this episode of Bendiksen Airways, I’m joined by Professor Neil Levy—Senior Research Fellow and author of Bad Beliefs: Why They Happen to Good People—to explore the current state of belief in society. 🧠 We discuss how cognitive biases, identity, and social dynamics shape what people think is true, and whether today’s growing distrust in institutions is warranted or dangerous. ⚖️We also dive into the role of bullshit 💩 in public discourse, the failures of peer review 🧾, and what it might take to rebuild trust in a world where truth seems increasingly negotiable. 🌍This is a conversation about philosophy, power, and the battle for epistemic authority in the 21st century. 📚💥📝 Episode Description:🎧 Liker du episoden? Den beste måten du kan støtte podcasten på er å gi 5 ⭐ og trykke "følg" – enten på Spotify eller der du lytter. Det hjelper enormt – tusen takk! 🙌💸 Vil du støtte arbeidet direkte? Vipps gjerne valgfritt beløp til 95992 088 – alt går til å holde podcasten i gang og lage enda bedre innhold!📲 Følg Alexander her:Twitter: @AlexBendiksenFacebook: Profil

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

Transcript

Related