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Cosmic Queries – Why do we believe conspiracy theories? with Michael Shermer

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Why the Rational Believe the Irrational?

Neil deGrasse Tyson: We make assumptions about the world that otherwise you couldn't function. He says with science, we most people accept most of what scientists tell them without themselves knowing much about it. "Here is why the rational believe the irrational" will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in October.

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