There is a substantial early church in political science on any kind of media studies on the effect of, uh, of the internet on, on political beliefs. And it seems that contrary to a lot of popular opinion, people are not actually much more polarized than they were 10 or 20 years ago. When printing came out, a lot of people were worried by all the really, really, uh, bad publications that were, that were circulated. You know, seriously, how could anyone ever question printing as a, as a way of improving knowledge? I hope the same thing is going to happen with online communication.
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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