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Think with Pinker

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Is Its Conspiracy Theories for Losers?

Elen: We tend to think conspiracy theories are other people's bad ideas. But intelligence actually doesn't protect us, says Elen. It makes us even more partisan because smart people use their big brains to rationalize whatever it is that they're predisposed to believe. What is it that protects people from weird beliefs and keeps them lined with often boring reality? she asks.

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