Saturday, June 4, 2016

Science Trumps Emotion In Solving Problems

"Imagine how different our world would be if reason and truth always won, if we were more like Houdini or Sherlock Holmes than like Arthur Conan Doyle. In reality, however, we are all guilty of 'motivated reasoning' – holding demonstrably false beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Instead of being genuinely open-minded, we search for data to support our beliefs."

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article81647112.html#storylink=cpy

Imagine if we stopped being ruled so much by our emotions when discussing sensitive topics

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