Talk
The evolution of truth
8 Nov 2018
Event times
7.00pm - 8.30pm
Cost of entry
£7 Ri Members
£16 Standard
£10 Concessions
Address
- 21 Albemarle Street
- London
England - W1S 4BS
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- There are numerous bus stops along Piccadilly which runs along the entrance to Albemarle Street. Bus numbers: 9, 14, 19, 22 and 38
- The closest tube station to the Royal Institution is Green Park on the Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines. The Royal Institution is a five minute walk from the station. Also within a ten minute walking distance is Piccadilly Circus tube station, on the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines, or Oxford Circus tube station on the Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines.
Event map
Is the era of post-truth politics an inevitable consequence of evolving the ability to deceive? Richard Byrne and Evan Davis will discuss how we got here and what we can do about it, in a whistle stop tour of the evolution of truth.
About
As humankind enters the era of post-truth politics, Richard Byrne and Evan Davis discuss why people lie, and how this trait has become a global phenomenon.
Bringing together the fields of human evolution and current affairs, our expert speakers will discuss whether the ability to communicate evolved to pass on facts or to deceive, why deception is so widespread in modern public discourse, and what we can do about it.
