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Summary

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Rationality is essential. It shapes decisions that affect our lives and the public, and is the greatest leader of moral advancement and social justice. In Rationality (2021), Steven Pinker refutes the cliché that human beings are an irrational species, eternally doomed with biases, errors, and illusions. After all, humans uncovered the unfathomable laws of nature, extended and enhanced their lives, and established the foundations of rationality. Nevertheless, they have failed to use the most important reasoning means they have acquired over centuries, such as causation and correlation, probability, critical thinking, and logic. How can a species praised for being rational believe in endless falsehoods and ridiculous conspiracy theories?

Duration: 22 minutes (00:21:50)
Publishing date: 2021-11-11; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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