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Who are your favourite living thinkers / intellectuals?

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It does not have to be a "brainiac" but someone that you always find worth checking what it says, despite agreeing or not.

One of them may be Sean Carroll for me. I should get some more. And Chomsky, but he is off the map now due to health issues.

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  • Mine are:

    Alain de Botton - he's vulnerable and humorous as well as intellectual; his books are really accessible for lay readers

    Ryan Holiday -  American Stoic - I've followed his 'Daily Stoic' exercises for 7 years and found this hugely beneficial to keep calm 

    Jim Al-Khalili - I don't always understand him but it's made me interested in hard science

    Dr Michael Mosely [RIP] - again, he was so accessible and also funny

    Alice Roberts - I love her documentaries

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  • Mine are:

    Alain de Botton - he's vulnerable and humorous as well as intellectual; his books are really accessible for lay readers

    Ryan Holiday -  American Stoic - I've followed his 'Daily Stoic' exercises for 7 years and found this hugely beneficial to keep calm 

    Jim Al-Khalili - I don't always understand him but it's made me interested in hard science

    Dr Michael Mosely [RIP] - again, he was so accessible and also funny

    Alice Roberts - I love her documentaries

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