Stephanie Coontz: We still have a hard time putting our minds around the fact that, oh, someone who took the vaccine still got really sick. And i'll say this, stephen, it's not just the pandemic,. It's not just trying to forecast what's going to happen with the person you just hired or your own life. If we could avoid single cause bias, we will be on much firmer ground.
Why are humans so eager for magic-bullet solutions? Can you explain how a pen works? And how does Angela feel about being forever branded “the grit lady”?