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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Anti-Rational

NY Times: A Plague of Willful Ignorance - Trump has empowered America’s anti-rational streak. By Paul Krugman
We aren’t a nation of know-nothings; many, probably most Americans are willing to listen to experts and act responsibly. But there’s a belligerent faction within our society that refuses to acknowledge inconvenient or uncomfortable facts, preferring to believe that experts are somehow conspiring against them.

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