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Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond
Season 1 · Episode 55

Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond

Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova · Pushkin Industries

May 21, 202544m 40sExplicit

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Show Notes

We tend to use logic to reach conclusions that agree with our biases. Psychologists call this motivated reasoning. Today, Nate and Maria talk about motivated reasoning in the Biden campaign and Silicon Valley. Also: Conspiracy theories and the NBA draft.

Further Reading:

Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again

Elizabeth Holmes’ Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Startup

The Mavs’ Cooper Flagg lottery miracle fuels conspiracy theories – and hope

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The Leap from Maria Konnikova

Silver Bulletin from Nate Silver 


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