University of Minnesota
Continuing Education and Conference Center
1890 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
This seminar, taught by author Shawn Otto, will investigate the historical, social, philosophical, political, and emotional reasons why evidence-based politics are in decline, and authoritarian politics on both the right and left are again on the rise, as well as some compelling solutions to bring us to our collective senses before it’s too late. LearningLife seminars embrace Socrates’s belief in inquiry and exchange. Seminars include both lecture and critical discussion. Tuition includes continental breakfast.
Shawn Otto
Shawn Otto is an award-winning science advocate, author, and educator. He is the author of The War On Science: Who’s Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It and the cofounder of ScienceDebate.org. His novel, Sins of Our Fathers, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his film House of Sand and Fog was nominated for three Academy Awards.
At the very time we need them most, scientists and the idea of objective knowledge are being bombarded by a well-funded, three-part war on science. This provocative book investigates why and how, and offers compelling solutions to bring us to our collective senses, before it’s too late.