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WHAT DO I KNOW?
Clive James returns in A Point of View
I have already used two of Mr James’s excellent May editions, on Democracy & the Press, and on western feminists’ failure to stand up for women in non-democratic states, oh, and on Iraq.
In the latest programme, taking as its launch point our attitude towards climate change sceptics and Montaigne’s motto – “What do I know”, James finishes with a pertinent point as regards knowledge and its limitations and prejudices. He may not have necessarily intended that we extend the question away from climate uncertainties. But for me, it extended that way without too much thinking, lateral or otherwise. Ditto, presumably Montaigne and Mr James:
“It might be time to ask yourself if you have not put too much value on your own opinion? The other way of saying ‘what do I know?’ is ‘What do I know?’”
A must read for all British journalists and opiners?
Listen here and read transcript here.
Tags: BBC A Point of View, climate change sceptics, Clive James, Montaigne, radio 4, what do I know?
