RATIONALITY

In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losin g its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures and c onspiracy theorizing?In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply an irrational species - cavemen out of time fatally cursed with biases, fallacies and illusions. After all, we discovered the laws of nature, lengthened and enriched our lives and...[Leer más]