Are we too Stupid to Save the Planet? Part 2 – Beyond Rational Thinking.

From Gambling to God. For reasons that seem inexplicable there's no shortage of stupidity... It's everywhere... In politics, in the pub, even on street corners - out there at this very moment there will be somebody carrying a placard that says, 'The end of the world in nigh'... a person a bit like me perhaps, although my preference is to garner at least a little scientific evidence before making a startling claim. There's a man who stands at a road junction close to where I live, and he carries a sign that says, 'Jesus Comes Soon'. I've been wanting to tell…

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Are We Too Stupid to Save The Planet? Part 1: The Limitations of Perception.

It's nothing personal - lurking in every human brain is the potential for stupidity. Most of us think, or at least hope, that there are people out there who are far stupider than we are; and the confidence this provides, helps us feel better about ourselves; which suggests perhaps that we don't live so much in the outside World as much as inside our heads, experiencing a virtual world brought about by our brains interpretation of external stimuli. Whatever the case, few of us are critically analytical about the way we think, or question why our brains work the way they…

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