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Culture, history and society

Culture, history and society

Why it would be better if everyone thought like a scientist

17 Jul 2023

Solving our political polarization problem could be possible with one single, simple but very hard step, argues James Kakalios

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Open mind Scientists have been trained to question new findings, be open to new information and willing to change their minds in the light of new information. (Courtesy: iStock/Andrej Filipovic)
In the 1950s many science-fiction movies and TV shows took it for granted that, by the 21st century,

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James Kakalios is the Taylor Distinguished Physics Professor at the University of Minnesota and a popular-science author, e-mail kakalios@umn.edu
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