
Cosmic Queries – Why do we believe conspiracy theories? with Michael Shermer
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Is It Better to Have a Graduate Degree Than a Bachelor's Degree?
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.
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