If you don't trust any voting institutions to run a legitimate election, no one's going to believe it. So I am worried about that for 2020. And Chuck, what's a common fertilizer, but bullpoo? Bullshit. You're not the only one to have cool names. It is so great to put his names to his stuff. The My Side Bias. Even though they don't want to.
Why do rational people believe irrational things? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down media literacy, the psychology behind conspiracy theories, and how to combat our cognitive biases with author and science historian, Michael Shermer.
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