Willful ignorance isn’t just about lacking information—it’s about choosing not to know. People often ignore facts to avoid discomfort, responsibility, or having to change their behavior. This mindset ...

Carl Sagan, noted astronomer, once remarked: “A fact is information minus emotion. An opinion is information plus experience. Ignorance is an opinion lacking information. Stupidity is an opinion that ...

Why do highly educated individuals continue to foster unnecessary fear? Dr. Sheldon Jacobson’s and Dr. Janet Jokela’s recent article harping on COVID-19 failed to mention some very important ...

Our ability to reason did not develop simply to help us find the truth. Instead, reasoning evolved to fulfill fundamentally social functions, like cooperating in large groups and communicating with ...

Why do so many people ignore facts they know aren’t true? Why do small lies get a pass if they serve a bigger idea that feels right? Something fundamental is shifting in how meaning is made and how ...

I agree with Jim Dyke in that the main takeaway from the presidential debate was to check on the claims and statements made by Donald Trump. Trump's habits of making simple statements about events ...

Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s claim that recent GOP Medicaid reforms are responsible for a rural Georgia hospital reducing services appears to ignore key facts. “Georgia is literally not ...