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Today, humanity has achieved incredible technological and scientific development, but at the same time, it seems to have lost its mind. How can a species that created a vaccine against Covid-19 in less than a year believe in fake news, conspiracy theories and quackery? Perhaps we are simply irrational by nature?

Pinker ruthlessly rejects this claim and proves that people are born intelligent and rational in primitive tribes and technologically advanced cities alike. Humanity has simply forgotten the benefits of the powerful reasoning tools we have discovered over the millennia: logic, critical thinking, probability, and cause-and-effect relationships.

We are afraid of change, so we always draw the wrong conclusions, relying on habits and intuition. But in reality, rationality is just a way to get what we want. It is what leads us to the best choice and helps this world not to slide into chaos.