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492: Michael Shermer | Why We Believe Weird Things
The Jordan Harbinger Show
The Confirmation Bias of Religion
Schurmer: People are looking for that confirmation. We've got confirmation bias, we've got different cognitive bias and we have that deeply rooted human need for certainty. He says political beliefs aren't considered by most people to be scientific hypotheses. Schurmer: They're more like moral beliefs. That very much drives most of our, I believe this is why things like global warming,. it's politicized so much that it has nothing to do with science.
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