In touch with reality
Why do so many of us believe in quackery and conspiracy? In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker tries to make sense of the senseless.
Why do so many of us believe in quackery and conspiracy? In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker tries to make sense of the senseless.
Steven is joined by Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the author, most recently, of βThe Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of the Truthβ and by Ellen Cushing, Senior and Special Projects Editor at The Atlantic. What was it that finally convinced her that there isnβt really a global organisation communicating in cryptic symbols and masterminding world events by planting agents in governments and corporations.
Producers: Imogen Walford and Joe Kent
Editor: Emma Rippon
Think with Pinker is produced in partnership with The Open University.
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Think with Pinker
Professor Steven Pinker's guide to thinking better.