From claims that NASA faked the moon landings to creationist rejections of evolution, many people hold views that fl y in the face of evidence. By refusing to be swayed by hard facts, such people are clearly irrational-or are they? Robert Matthews argues that the frustration of scientists over the persistence of "irrational" beliefs highlights their own misconceptions about the process of inference.
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Matthews, R. (2005). Why do people believe weird things? Significance, 2(4), 182–184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00134.x
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