Carl Sagan once made an eloquent case for balancing skepticism and opennessas to avoid gullibility — but what, exactly, makes one gullible? In this short video from Open University — who gave us those wonderful 60-second animations of famous thought experiments and religious theories — Nigel Warburton of Philosophy Bites fame talks to English illusionist and mentalist Derren Brown about the psychology of gullibility.
via Brain Pickings
October 30, 2012
