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Why don’t Americans trust experts? Just ask a paranormal investigator.
For his new book, “The Ghost Lab,” Matt Hongoltz-Hetling spent time with paranormal investigators to understand their relationship with science and society.
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How to revive strategic thinking in an age of digital outrage
Effective leadership requires long-term strategy — not tactical reactions.
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Collective Illusions
Why Americans don’t trust each other
A majority of Americans think they are trustworthy, yet believe most other people can’t be trusted.
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The most incorrigible popes in the history of the Vatican
Far from acting as the conduits of a benevolent deity, these religious leaders threw the teachings of their own church out of the window.
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