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'Is truth overrated?' What the experts say

  • Written by Daniel Klyn, Intermittent Lecturer I in Information, University of Michigan
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Editor’s note: As part of our collaboration with “Third Rail with OZY,” we asked scholars from a variety of disciplines to answer the question: “Is truth overrated?”

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