Daniel Kahneman

Emotions get in the way.

And I would say that independent clear thinking

Is the first approximation impossible?

In the sense that, you know, we believe in things most of the time, not because we have good reasons to believe them.

If you ask me for reasons, I'll explain you.

I'll always find a reason, but the reasons are not the causes of our beliefs.

We have beliefs because mostly we believe in some people and we trust them and we adopt their beliefs.

So we don't reach our beliefs by clear thinking, you know, unless you're a scientist or doing something like that.

And there is a fair amount of emotion in neuroscientists as well that gets in the way of clear thinking.

You know, commitments to your previous views, being insulted that somebody thinks he's smarter than you are.

I mean, lots of things get in the way than when you're a scientist.

So I'd say there is less clear thinking than people like to think, for

That's how I believe in climate change.

I believe in the people who tell me there is climate change.

And the people who don't believe in climate change, they believe in other people.

You know, but I'm much more likely to believe fake news on my side than the fake news on the other side.

I mean, it's true.

that there is a huge degradation in public discourse in the recent 10, 15 years in the United States.

I mean, there used to be an idea that facts matter.

Well, I mean, it's hard to answer that question without politics because the general political polarization has had a very big effect.