It was as if the scientists’ knowledge (which we never described) had been directly transmitted to them. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe key point here is not that people are irrational; it’s that this irrationality comes from a very rational place. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThis is especially true of divisive political issues. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWe suspect that most of those people expressing outrage lacked the detailed knowledge necessary to assess the policy. But the same underlying forces explain why we can come to believe outrageous things, which can lead to equally consequential but disastrous outcomes.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2017 20:26 UTC