151 - Behind the Curve by You Are Not So Smart published on 2019-04-08T06:06:38Z In this episode we sit down with the director and producers of the documentary film, Behind the Curve, an exploration of motivated reasoning and conspiratorial thinking told through the lives of people who have formed a community around the belief that the Earth is flat. - Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/you-are-not-so-smart-with-david-mcraney-tickets-58457802862 - Show notes at: www.youarenotsosmart.com - Become a patron at: www.patreon.com/youarenotsosmart SPONSORS • The Great Courses: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/smart Genre Science Comment by Brian Hawi Plato's allegory of the cave 2019-04-13T08:45:47Z Comment by pterantula Identity - that's kinda at the core of everything humans face - "who am I?" I don't think we'll ever get anywhere until we get over ourselves. "Who am I? ... Oh, just another animal, groping my way through existence? Ok. Moving on." 2019-04-10T15:01:13Z Comment by USER#555 All the variations of flat-Earth belief are hilarious, the 'heliocentric" model doesn't exist, no scientist thinks the sun is at the center of the universe. 2019-04-08T13:27:37Z