Matthew Hutson: Is Caring About Your Legacy Irrational?
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Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 12:23 PM
Matthew Hutson’s new book The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking discusses ways most people, even atheists, think “magically”--ranging from out-and-out superstition to subtler departures from rationalism. Hutson contends that caring about your legacy is an example of magical thinking, and here I challenge him on that point:
You can watch the whole conversation at Bloggingheads.tv.
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