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Aspen Ideas Festival 2017: Deep Dive- Lying, BSing and the Meaning of Truth

When is the truth the truth, a lie a lie, and what constitutes mere BS in an era that many refer to as “post-truth”? This panel addresses the kinds of critical and largely ethical questions we confront in our modern-day discourse, exploring the intent of the First Amendment (does it protect lies?), the reasons we lie (or, in fact, are we just strategically misleading?), and, through the lens of a lawyer, a fact checker, and a scientist, the ways various of us define and “get to” the truth.

Panelists include Geoffrey StoneLarissa MacFarquharFred DustDrew EndyRussell MuirheadYudhijit BhattacharjeeYvonne RolzhausenJack Rakove and Neal Katyal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contributor Christin Kay is passionate about the rich variety of arts, cultural experiences and stories in the Roaring Fork Valley. She has been a devotee of public radio her whole life. Christin is a veteran of Aspen Public Radio, serving as producer, reporter and interim news director.
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