CNN's John Sutter asks Dr. Scott Sherman to explain the book subtitle because they are not in fact, rational. "I bluffed my way in. Now I can't back out. I got to go all in," he says of people who hold on to irrational beliefs despite mountains of evidence against them. The psychologist also explains how scientists think is probably as just as important as scientific facts.
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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