John Staddon: John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society luncheon
Dr. John Staddon is a James B. Duke professor of psychology and professor of biology and neurobiology emeritus at Duke University. He has worked in many universities around the world, including MIT, Oxford, and the University of Toronto. He has written and lectured on public-policy issues such as education and the effects of social and biological processes on the political process. He is the author of approximately 200 research papers and five books, including "The New Behaviorism," "Adaptive Dynamics," and, most recently, "The Malign Hand of the Markets: The Insidious Forces on Wall Street That Are Destroying Financial Markets — and What We Can Do About It." In this speech, he discusses the theme "Facts and Faith: Is Science All There Is?"