In many cases in the modern world, we're facing decisions for which we have little intuitions. We don't really know what to do. And so when that happens, reasoning is not going to have a strong confirmation bias. But instead, reasoning often pushes people toward decisions that are easier to justify.
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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