Change My Mind: Critical Thinking & Wisdom in an Age of Polarization

It’s fair to say society feels surreal and polarized at the moment. Never before have we had access to information at the rate that we do today. But if “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes," how do we discern fact from fiction?

The night before the U.S. election, buckle up with RCIScience for a conversation with philosopher, educator and author Dr. Christopher DiCarlo and co-host of CBC’s The Nature of Things, Anthony Morgan as we explore the difference between intelligence and wisdom, how social values shape our opinions and how to talk to a conspiracy theorist.

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Dr. Christopher DiCarlo is the Principal and Founder of Critical Thinking Solutions and currently holds the position of Senior Researcher and Ethicist at Convergence Analysis – a UK-based organization focusing on AI Risk and Governance. He is also the Ethics Chair for the Canadian Mental Health Association and often teaches at The Life Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University and is the author of several books including his best-seller: How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions. His latest book is called: Building a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It. Dr. DiCarlo also hosts a new podcast: All Thinks Considered.

Anthony Morgan is the new co-host of The Nature of Things on CBC Television. He's also an award-winning science communicator, PhD researcher, startup founder and game designer who has hosted dozens of TV programs. He's obsessed with changing how people see, think and talk about science in their everyday lives. He's spent close to 20 years finding ways to do just that. He's worked at the Ontario Science Centre, with Asap SCIENCE, written for newspapers, hosted CBC Radio, collaborated with municipal governments and serves on the steering committee of the misinformation-tackling Science Up First. This work and more has earned him multiple distinctions and award nominations including a Falling Walls nomination for breakthrough science engagement initiative and being named one of CBC's top 20 millennial change-makers.

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