
Nov 17, 2025
Vaccines (thread 4), Episode 1: Enlightenment vs. Antivaxxers: Voltaire, Diderot & Condorcet React
Three Enlightenment thinkers—Voltaire, Diderot, and Condorcet—are imagined confronting modern vaccine skepticism, where abundant information is often misused to spread fear and falsehoods.
Voltaire would mock superstition and vanity; Diderot would demand better education and public knowledge infrastructure; Condorcet would stress that vaccination is an issue of justice and civic duty, supporting transparent, reasoned public policy. Together they argue that reason, education, and social responsibility are the true remedies.
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