First published at 12:15 UTC on November 25th, 2023.
Adopting a fearless and disciplined pursuit of truth in all aspects of life can lead one to being ostracized, shunned and ridiculed by conventional and orthodox thinkers. In recent years, we've seen people fired from their jobs, stripped of the…
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Adopting a fearless and disciplined pursuit of truth in all aspects of life can lead one to being ostracized, shunned and ridiculed by conventional and orthodox thinkers. In recent years, we've seen people fired from their jobs, stripped of their credentials, disowned by family members all because they've formed opinions and conclusions in their world-view that puts them at odds with more popular narratives.
And yet, supposedly, we live in a society that eschews discrimination based on race, gender, preference or creed. If what we believe about key issues related to health, spirituality and politics are part of our creed, shouldn't our right to hold these beliefs and not be discriminated against be upheld the same as any other protected group's rights?
Why should there be any difference between beliefs that are acknowledged and to be faith-based and beliefs that are, at least in the eyes of adherents, evidence-based? Who in the world would be qualified to determine what views are faith-based and what views are evidence-based? Is it not true that even evidence-based views have a kind of faith-- faith in an epistemological process that guides the pursuit of truth and the gathering of evidence?
Joined by Journalist/Documentarian Kate Jacques-Prentice, Martin discusses and reflects on his twenty years of studying controversial political, spiritual and health-related issues and what might be next for "truther" movements.
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