Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
There is that for sure, but “smart people believing stupid things” occurs outside the political/economic realms as well.
I have seen my share of book smart university educated people doing absolutely stupid things.