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Cautionary Conversation: The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Why Do We Change Our Minds? You're Not So Smart

David Wheeler: Charlie's story is fascinating, but why did he change his mind? He says people do change their minds all the time and we've done a good job of ignoring it when it happens. Wheeler: I wanted to understand what must have happened in those people's brains. It felt like an opportunity to give myself some come-up of us, so I had motivated reasoning.

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