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The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
1:48:03 - 1:54:03 (06:00)
The authors explore the production of ignorance in different contexts, including the tactics used by the tobacco industry to deny the harmful effects of smoking, and the study of agnotology, or the cultural production of ignorance.
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The podcast explores the topic of ignorance in different contexts and applications, including the tobacco industry's creation of alternative theories about what causes heart disease.
1:48:03 - 1:50:43 (02:39)
Summary
The podcast explores the topic of ignorance in different contexts and applications, including the tobacco industry's creation of alternative theories about what causes heart disease. It also reveals how Stanford staff stood up against the tobacco industry despite lack of support from their faculty.
ChapterThe Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
Episode#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker reflects on the vastness of the universe and the limitations of human knowledge and understanding due to our brief existence and the loss of historical information.
1:50:43 - 1:52:18 (01:35)
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The speaker reflects on the vastness of the universe and the limitations of human knowledge and understanding due to our brief existence and the loss of historical information.
ChapterThe Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
Episode#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Agnotology is the study of ignorance and its cultural production, not just a natural manifestation of humans.
1:52:18 - 1:54:03 (01:45)
Summary
Agnotology is the study of ignorance and its cultural production, not just a natural manifestation of humans. Propaganda engines like that of the tobacco industry measured exactly how much ignorance they could create and produced successful results with their propaganda.