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The Economist asks: How should we perceive reality?

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Oct 7, 2016

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Host Tom Standage sits down with renowned physicist Carlo Rovelli to discuss the fragile borders of reality, what political radicalism has in common with scientific invention and whether humanity's days on earth are numbered For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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