Yesterday I did a marathon post that was largely about how smart people convince themselves to believe weird things. For those who hadn’t gotten enough from that, I suggest either a vacation to someplace warm that serves drinks in coconut shells (or is that for me), or watching Michael Shermer’s lecture on Why We Believe, presented by the Center For Inquiry.

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