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Very funny interview and very relevant to this subforum. It's only 5 minutes long. Watch it!
"Our beliefs are formed first, for a variety of social, psychological, personal, emotional, subjective reasons, and then we find the evidence to fit it. Our brains are like lawyers, not scientists. Our brains want to lawyer to data to fit our beliefs."
Steven Colbert: You used to be a Christian, correct? Michael Shermer: I was. That's right. Steven Colbert: Jesus misses you! He told me! Michael Shermer: He did? Well, why doesn't he talk to me? Steven Colbert: Because you don't believe!
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