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Are You Skeptical Enough? Challenging Your Beliefs with Michael Shermer

The Science of Success

CHAPTER

The Backfire Effect on College Campuses

Sally Kohn: You wrote a book refuting Holocaust deniers, yet you still staunchly advocate for the David Irving's of the world to be able to share their opinions. She says that by letting those opinions out, you can freely debunk them and let people realize, hey, this is completely ridiculous and it's totally disproven. Kohn: On campuses, everybody knows there's certain things you just cannot talk about. There's a lot of self-censorship. This is a big concern that a lot of us have.

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