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Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things (with Dr. Michael Shermer)

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How to Protect Against Biases in Science

CNN's John Sutter talks about his new book, the moral arc. He says scientists have a "watertight compartment" in their minds where they hold beliefs that are not backed up by evidence. We should be able to test everything out of the bias bubble and put it into the science machine, he says.

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