Understanding Why People Believe

Overview

Part of evaluating the process of scholarship is to understand why people believe things. Sometimes, belief is based on evidence and logical arguments, but this is not always the case.

Videos

• Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer
• The Language of Lying by Noah Zandan
• How to Spot a Misleading Graph by Lea Gaslowitz

Terms

• cognitive bias
• confirmation bias