The Bias That Divides Us: The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking

The Bias That Divides Us: The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking

Why we don't live in a post-truth society but rather a myside what science tells us about the bias that poisons our politics.

In The Bias That Divides Us , psychologist Keith Stanovich argues provocati…

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