Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things (with Dr. Michael Shermer)
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The Umbrella Man and the Kennedy Assassination
There's a lot of bonk out there, as I've heard you often say. We need to have people bouncing off each other or else we're going down the wrong path. The confirmation belief is very powerful and it's disruptive to getting at the truth. Dr. Harriet Hall was talking about her acid test for debunking when she said: "The most skeptical person in the world should be able to go up and look up what the critics are saying"
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