Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for nonsmart reasons.
-- Michael Shermer
Sometimes smart people believe weird things because they’re actually, y’know, true.
The same Shermer who publicly recognizes that his widely-repeated “this is your brain on cryonics” is crap but won’t even post a half-hearted correction? Yes. Yes they do.
-- Michael Shermer
Sometimes smart people believe weird things because they’re actually, y’know, true.
The same Shermer who publicly recognizes that his widely-repeated “this is your brain on cryonics” is crap but won’t even post a half-hearted correction? Yes. Yes they do.