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Rationality during an epidemic of unreason – Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker, an experimental cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at Harvard. He has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world today. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) He joins Krishnan to discuss his new … Continue reading
Why Are Conspiracy Theories So Appealing? | Dr David Grimes and Liv Boeree
It seems like many conspiracy theories — even the most extreme ones — are growing in popularity. To understand why, I chat with Dr David Grimes, physicist, cancer researcher and author of The Irrational Ape about the science behind belief-building … Continue reading