In this episode, we sit down with neurologist Robert Burton, author of On Being Certain, a book that fundamentally changed the way I think about what a belief actually is. That&rsquo;s because the book posits conclusions are not conscious choices, and certainty is not even a thought process. Certainty and similar states of &ldquo;knowing,&rdquo; as he puts it, are "sensations that feel like thoughts, but arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that function independently of reason."<a href="http://patreon.com/youarenotsosmart" rel="payment">Patreon: http://patreon.com/youarenotsosmart</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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231 - On Being Certain - Robert Burton (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart