Facts Don't Win Arguments

In Episode Five, Lee explores the tendency to cling to deeply held beliefs in the face of contradictory factual evidence.

 Climate change deniers, anti-vaxxers, and people who cling to the notion of stolen elections may boggle the minds of people who prefer to ground themselves in facts, but evidence suggests everyone is suspectable to the psychological phenomenon called Confirmation Bias.

LINKS:

TED Talk: Dr. Tali Sharot “Optimism Bias” - https://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias?language=en