Inside The War Room
Inside The War Room
Ryan Ray
The Uses of Delusion: Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational
54 minutes Posted Jan 20, 2023 at 3:16 am.
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Links from the show:

* The Uses of Delusion: Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational

* Connect with Stuart

* Skeptical Inquirer

* Placebo booklet by Seth Godin

About my guest:

Stuart Vyse, PhD,is a behavioral scientist, teacher, and writer. He taught at Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and Connecticut College. Vyse's book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. He is a contributing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, where he writes the "Behavior & Belief" column, and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.



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