The punditry industry is about 90 percent. "You're watching it because you're being entertained by the battle," O'Reilly says of TV arguments. People are arguing a whole lot on the internet, so why do we argue? Why do human beings argue? It's such a simple question, but like asking what is a mountain or why do people like bacon so much, the answer is so complex and connected to every other aspect of the natural world.
On this episode we discuss the psychology of arguing and interview both Jeremy Shermer and Hugo Mercier. Afterward, I eat an orange chocolate chip cookie and read a news story about reading your partner's mood in old age.
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