May Contain Lies Quotes

“Dismissing evidence we don’t like releases dopamine,”
― Alex Edmans, May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It

“There was no effect when non-political claims were challenged, but countering political positions triggered their amygdala. That’s the same part of the brain that’s activated when a tiger attacks you, inducing a ‘fight-or-flight’ response. People respond to opposing views as if they’re being chased by a wild animal. The amygdala overrides the prefrontal cortex, the rational part of the brain.”
― Alex Edmans, May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It