About this episode

The episode features a discussion with philosopher Eric Winsberg on the implications of scientific models in real-world applications.

We speak with Eric Winsberg: a philosopher of science at Cambridge and the University of South Florida, who has thought hard about what happens when models move from the lab into the world and into policy and markets.

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