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Finite Resources, Relentless drive

10/25/2024

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TOK Talk · Finite Resources, Relentless Drive
2025 TOK Essay Title 3: How can we reconcile the relentless drive to pursue knowledge with the finite resources we have available? Discuss with reference to the natural sciences and one other area of knowledge
Guest: Kevin Hoye
Sounds: Hong Kong Birds and Traffic in the morning

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DO NOT IGNORE CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE

10/25/2024

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TOK Talk · Do not ignore contradictory evidence
2025 TOK Essay Title 1: Do historians and human scientists have an ethical obligation to follow the directive: “do not ignore contradictory evidence”? Discuss with reference to history and the human sciences.

​Guest: Quinn Fontaine
Sounds: Sri Lankan rainforest in the morning
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Fragile & Revered Knowledge

10/25/2024

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TOK Talk · Fragile & Revered Knowledge
2025 TOK Essay Title 2: Is our most revered knowledge more fragile than we assume it to be? Discuss with reference to the arts and one other area of knowledge
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Guest: Janka van Jaarsveld
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Sounds: Sri Lankan rainforest in the morningSounds: Sri Lankan rainforest in the morning
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Sense of wonder

10/25/2024

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TOK Talk · Sense Of Wonder
2025 TOK Essay Title 6: Does acquiring knowledge destroy our sense of wonder? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge
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Guest: Bob Scheer
​Sounds: Sri Lankan rainforest at midnight

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All Models are wrong.

10/25/2024

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TOK Talk · Models are Wrong
2025 TOK Essay Title 5: To what extent do you agree with the claim “all models are wrong, but some are useful” (attributed to George Box)? Discuss with reference to mathematics and one other area of knowledge.
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Guest: Rob Bradshaw 

Sounds: Sri Lankan street musicians


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    Teacher of TOK & Visual Arts based in Hong Kong

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