Insightful overview of recent studies on how our beliefs and emotions impact our judgment and ability to reason. Multiple sources are cited to present an informative roundup of scientific observations about this complex phenomenon. Must-read.

The world is so full of credible as well as junk science (and information) today that educates and as well does nothing but try to reinforce political agendas. Casual people not having the opportunity to truly educated in science (and in other disciplines) who are, in general, overconfident that they know. This excellent work explained the reason scientifically. Just opening up a debate centring this article (as I’ve seen, and read some of nearly thousand comments) confirms the proposition, again.

My scientific training and background makes me positively biased in favor of this psychological study.

This opinion piece has minimal journalistic merit. It is largely devoted to promoting the author's ideology and his well-known disregard for science when it disagrees with his ideology. The author regards Republicans and conservatives as almost always bad, using nearly every paragraph, except at the very end, to make his point. A good example is his treatment of Climategate, which shows that he has not even read the emails, let alone the computer files that expose the anti-scientific behavior of the people involved in the major fraud.

Important stuff, which effects the world in a real and important way, presented in an convincing and engaging manner.

The story again remind the society that despite all the progress in technology and civilization, most humans, if not all, are still part of the animal kingdom. There is this part in our brain that is responsible for our follies, which results in skewed truth that becomes false beliefs. The article itself is built with strong foundations of research and understanding. Descriptive illustration.