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Degree Review: Politics at Oxford

Ben O’Brien writes about his experience of Politics at Oxford.

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"Have you ever tried debating a flat-Earther, or a climate change or Holocaust denier? No matter how much evidence you have, you will not – cannot – win. They remain unconvinced. Facts do not matter when your position is counterfactual to begin with, or if you think facts are fake.

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