Zeynep Tufekci on adding justifications vs admitting a better explanation

vutran | May 24, 2021, 8:02 a.m.

"It is easier to keep adding exceptions and justifications to a belief than to admit that a challenger has a better explanation."

— Zeynep Tufekci

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