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Intelligence

Can intelligence ever be a curse? Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. With Tim Key. Broadcast live in November 2011.

Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world.

As broadcast live in November 2011 - he invites the audience join in via tweets and messages to work out how we can all make the world a better place.

He's nimbly assisted by:

Tim Key
Tom Basden.

This time Mark looks at "Intelligence".

A certain amount of intelligence is pretty useful - but are we sometimes too smart for our own good? Without the ability to reflect and calculate, we would all be setting fire to our shoes and buying those novels about women who shop and have relationship issues.

Yet intelligence has been something of a curse to many. Galileo was tortured for knowing more about science than the church leaders, and Paxman sighs an awful lot when he's hosting University Challenge.

Producer: Lianne Coop.

First broadcast live on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in November 2011.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:30

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Nov 2011 23:00
  • Sat 22 Nov 2014 22:00
  • Tue 19 Jul 2016 23:00
  • Sat 13 Oct 2018 23:30
  • Sat 4 Jul 2020 22:00
  • Fri 18 Mar 2022 22:30