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This House Believes Science has an Undeserved Monopoly on Truth Thursday 21st February 2013 â—† 7.30pm How important a role should science play in our lives? Do we give its findings undue influence on policy? Have the effects of scientific progress on society always been positive, or has it had unforeseen consequences?
Prof. Alister McGrath
Robert Doubleday
Robert Doubleday is Head of Research at the Centre for Science and Policy at Cambridge, which explores the role science plays in constituting political authority.
Professor McGrath lectures Theology at KCL and has written several notable works on religion and science, including The Twilight of Atheism and The Dawkins Delusion.
Manjit Kumar
Jeremy Webb
Julian Huppert
Tim Lewens
Jeremy Webb is Editor-in-Chief of New Scientist, which reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavour set in the context of society and culture.
Manjit Kumar is the author of Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality, and has degrees in physics and philosophy.
Tim Lewens is a reader in History and Philosophy of Biology, Medicine and Bioethics at Cambridge, and has written and lectured extensively on evolution.
Julian Huppert is the Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, a fellow of Clare College and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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