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03/03/2017

Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World

BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View, Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World

John Gray asks how we come to terms with a world that is frighteningly unpredictable.

John Gray asks how we can come to terms with the realisation that the world is frighteningly unpredictable.

"Human beings shape their perceptions according to their beliefs", writes John Gray, not the other way round. 
He says people "will persuade themselves to believe almost anything, no matter how far-fetched, if it enables them to preserve their view of the world".
He asks how we can best come to terms with the realisation that the world is frighteningly unpredictable. 

Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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