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.
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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