Why is it that belief and magic drive our behavior more than evidence and fact?
As a recent TED Talk emphasized, we are entitled to our beliefs and our prejudice — we are not entitled to ignore the facts, or manipulate them. Yet we do this with alarming consistency.
For the blatant idiots on television: “alternative facts” are a myth — like big elephants with wings flying in the stratosphere.
My doctoral training honed in on seeking evidence, questioning everything, and using data to find causal scientific proof. Believe what you want to, but don’t ignore the facts. The facts drive real progress.
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