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If we look hard enough, we have access to information online about other people, and about issues we may think we need to know. But is this always a good thing? Are there some things that we'd be better off not knowing?
Producer: Kate Bissell.
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Why diagnosing yourself on the internet isn't always a good idea
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Stuart Firestein
Dr Stuart Firestein is the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University.聽Dr Firestein teaches students and 鈥渃itizen scientists鈥 that ignorance is far more important to discovery than knowledge.聽He says "We should value what we don't know -- or "high-quality ignorance" -- just as much as what we know".
Matthew Fisher
Lulu Wang
Lulu Wang聽is a film maker and she鈥檚 currently making a Hollywood film about how her family kept her Granny in the dark about having terminal cancer and possibly only three months to live. They made this decision in the hope that it would help her live longer.聽 In Chinese culture mental health is thought to directly affect physical health.聽 Did it work and did her Grandmother eventually find out the family secret?
Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh is a leading Neurosurgeon and pioneer of neurosurgical advances who wrote Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
Henry believes that in some instances it鈥檚 better for patients to be ignorant of the severity of an illness, particularly in the case of inoperable aneurysms.聽 Knowing you have an aneurysm that could erupt at any time can cause more stress and a lower quality of life than is necessary.David Dunning
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- Mon 12 Mar 2018 16:30成人快手 Radio 4
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