Episode #806

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Who's That Noisy

  • Answer to last week: snow

Science or Fiction

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘The need to reduce dissonance is a universal mental mechanism, but that doesn’t mean we are doomed to be controlled by it. Human beings may not be eager to change, but we have the ability to change, and the fact that many of our self-protective delusions and blind spots are built into the way the brain works is no justification for not trying.’ from ‘Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions and Hurtful Acts’ by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson