Quick Take: What's Wrong With People?

The Michael Steele Podcast

Two Squared Media

Politics, News, History, Government

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Michael speaks with Steven Pinker about his book, "Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters." The pair discuss who decides rationality, the prevalence of confirmation bias and tribalism, and the strength in changing one's mind when presented with new evidence.

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0:00.0	Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama.
0:05.6	The young gentleman's name would be...
0:08.3	Oliver. Oliver Twist.
0:10.7	...with Brian Cox as Fagan.
0:12.9	Love you, C.
0:14.0	Street boy.
0:14.9	Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes.
0:19.3	Oh, look at me like a lullaby, no!
0:21.3	I love you, Bill!
0:22.3	...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells.
0:25.7	Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms.
0:30.0	Between forgetting the sellotape,
0:31.6	trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table and the cat taking down the tree.
0:36.3	Again!
0:38.3	Christmas can be tricky.
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0:51.6	just click, save and we'll collect.
0:53.8	Visit RoyalMail.com-slash-send.
0:57.3	Simple.
	...

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