In the absence of sound science, incomplete information can combine with the power of suggestion. In fact, he says, humans tend to convince ourselves to believe: We overvalue the "hits" that support our beliefs, and discount the more numerous "misses."
October 26, 2007
Believing in strange things
TED Talk by Skeptic Society founder Michael Shermer explains why humans believe in the strangest of things and how they justify it to themselves....
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