Why people believe weird things {AUDIO}
We all have our beliefs. Chances are at some point in your life you have believed in things that you can’t really explain logically. Whether it's religion, conspiracy theories, or unquestioning adherence to a political party, we’re all susceptible to blind belief in something. It happens even to the smartest of us.
Joining us today in this podcast is Michael Shermer, founder of Skeptic magazine and a number of books on the nature of belief to discuss why people are hard-wired to believe weird things. Shermer is also the Director of The Skeptics Society, a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of science, reason, and critical thinking.
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Listen to this episode in its entirety to learn more about how you can use science and develop the critical thinking skills to question everything skeptically without succumbing to cynicism.
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Believe weird things? You mean like those crazies who actually are gullible enough to believe that the 2020 election was stolen from an unfit, racist, incompetent, corrupt former president?