180. Andy Norman — Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Science of Wilful Belief
I think a you can't do science well if you say, ok, i'm going to look at these three or four reasons that favor my theory. That's not the scientific attitude. So would it be something like a climate scientist would say, i want to listen to my strongest critics. Ask me the toughest questions you got. Let me see how my theory stands. That's the scientific attitude in a nutshell. They use the platonic model of reason to grasp more firmly to the beliefs they want to to hang on to. Another principle of what of this emerging science of what i call cognitive menology, is that wilful belief corrupts the mind's immune system. If you believe
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