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Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

April 18, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

“‘Once formed,’ the researchers observed dryly, ‘impressions are remarkably perseverant.'”

—Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds.” The New Yorker. February 19, 2017.

Be careful what you believe.

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