The author of alice in wonderland was actually a very gifted logician. What he does is show you that even logical systems, if you keep peeling the onion, you get down to the bottom. And what do you find? You find a basic belief or axiom that some human beings simply decide it this is right. There's no proof for it. So why don't we look at this? Let's try to maximize being right. I've got a very active one. It's an everyday fight. Yes, every start yet for all of us al righ.
In this episode we spoke with Tim Urban, founder and writer at Wait But Why? In this super episode Jim and Tim discuss: • The story of us • Managing and taming our biases • Flat earthers and how we’re no different • Overcoming our outdated mental hardware • and MUCH more. Follow Tim on Twitter (Twitter.com/waitbutwhy) and check out his site (waitbutwhy.com)