In this episode I reflect on a recent podcast episode from Sam Harris’ Making Sense in which he speaks with Jonathan Haidt on a number of issues, including the upcoming election in 2020 and the baffling support of Trump in spite of overwhelming evidence of his incompetence, narcissism, and bad faith decision making. I also contemplate the difference between being stupid and being mistaken, what it is I believe we most need, especially now - courage, and the strength to want to know what is actually true instead of being “right” which is a value that attempts to justify “motivated reasoning.” I also discuss why motivated reasoning is just a bad faith effort to simply rationalize a preconceived belief and/or presupposition, and has nothing to do with sound reasoning - a good faith effort of genuinely trying to know what is actually true.

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