• The main argument of Don’t be fooled 29/04/2017

  I argue in the book that common sense is of crucial importance to live our lifes as human beings. This, I claim, is an urgent reminder for those impressed by the contemporary abundance of scientific expertise. The argument begins with the recognition that experts and laypeople are actually in deadlock because both force the other … Continue reading “The main argument of Don’t be fooled”

• Don’t be fooled 20/04/2017

  Here is the blurb of Dont’ be fooled, the translation of my Laat je niets wijsmaken, to appear next week by Routledge. Fulco Teunissen and Kate Kirwin of Twelvetrees Translations did a wonderful job. In the debate leading up to the EU referendum in the United Kingdom, the British politician Michael Gove declared that “people … Continue reading “Don’t be fooled”