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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Importance of Being Right

A lot of times even if we're asked factual questions, we give answers because in our minds subconsciously or consciously those are the right answers to give given our political side. When you shift incentive structure and make it that it's actually for once important to be right, then people start behaving differently," he says. "People think of politics maybe not unreasonable as akin to sports"

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