Sergio Uribe

2219 days ago

“Once formed,” the researchers observed dryly, “impressions are remarkably perseverant.”

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

newyorker.com

In 1975, researchers at Stanford invited a group of undergraduates to take part in a study about suicide. They were presented with pairs of suicide notes. In each pair, one note had been composed by a random individual, the other by a person who had subsequently taken his own life.