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Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don't fit their worldview

  • Written by Adrian Bardon, Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
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Something is rotten in the state of American political life. The U.S. (among other nations) is increasingly characterized by highly polarized, informationally insulated ideological communities occupying their own factual universes.

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