D Carleton Gajdusek won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of prions and was a star of the scientific world. At the height of his career, rumours spread that he might be a paedophile.
A fascinating study that raises a host of question especially in relation to relativism.
A part of me wishes I did try a bit harder [at school] just because of mates I know now who are always saying, ah y'know, "Karl you're stupid and stuff. You don't know enough, you should know more" and all that. But I'm also thinking that, being intelligent, does is make you happier anyway? So yeah, that's sort of what I'm trying to find out really.
Karl Pilkington is an unassuming, unsophisticated man from Manchester who has little formal education and is known to his close friends (not to mention his many fans) as a fool, an idiot, a buffoon. In this Channel 4 documentary, he is on a quest to determine whether he would be happier if he was more intelligent. To find the answer, he seeks the counsel of scholars, philosophers and David Icke.
Part of the Examined Life series. In this episode consequentialism is considered - paying particular attention to utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill. Amongst the interviewees is Peter Singer.
A series concerning some of the most influential existential philosophers of the 20th century concerning itself with their lives as people in contrast with their ideas.
"Thoughtful, even-balanced views of three of those whose ideas have shaped the modern world in ways unacknowledged by most politicians of today." Sunday Times
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