Wot Se Fack – Why Our Feelings Have Lost the Plot
General Non-Fiction, Current Affairs
Armchair science
We live in an age where knowledge no longer matters. Vince Ebert explains how politics and ideology these days are prioritised over knowledge and facts. Now, the in-thing is to ignore facts, to discredit experts and to do away with the idea of a knowledge society that still values truth and debate. Ebert takes aim at this trend, providing historical context and calling for a second Enlightenment: a digital detox, a return to science and an end to self-imposed immaturity. By cutting ourselves off from knowledge and science, we are shutting our eyes to reality. But if we are to overcome the challenges of the future, we need more knowledge, more reason and more science – not less.
Vince Ebert, born in 1968, studied Physics in Würzburg. Before starting a career as a cabaret artist in 1998, he worked in a consulting company as well as in market research. His goal is to present complex scientific ideas in a generally comprehensible and humorous way; Vince Ebert’s slogan is 'Make science great again'. All of his books have hit the bestselling lists. He lives in Vienna.
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Armchair science
We live in an age where knowledge no longer matters. Vince Ebert explains how politics and ideology these days are prioritised over knowledge and facts. Now, the in-thing is to ignore facts, to discredit experts and to do away with the idea of a knowledge society that still values truth and debate. Ebert takes aim at this trend, providing historical context and calling for a second Enlightenment: a digital detox, a return to science and an end to self-imposed immaturity. By cutting ourselves off from knowledge and science, we are shutting our eyes to reality. But if we are to overcome the challenges of the future, we need more knowledge, more reason and more science – not less.