Epstein Secrets

nclusions. These are chosen because there is no evidence to support them. The picture changes, however, On April 14, 1865, at about he same time that Booth shot Lincoln, of his associates stabbed Secretary of State William Seward another stalked Vice President Andrew Johnson with a loaded gun. The milita

mine a pre-adopted thesis. process evidence. He lucidly reviews studies showing common defects in the brain's wiring, what we expect to find," as Mr. Brotherton puts it. Relatedly, "biased assimilation" causes us to "interpret ambiguous events in light of what we already believe. Discussing Richard Hofstadter

hat Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth was part of a larger conspiracy backed by the Confederacy. On April 14, 1865, at about the same time that Booth shot Lincoln, one of his associates stabbed Secretary of State William Seward and another stalked Vice President Andrew Johnson with a loaded gun. T

ing a fake Kubrick, was untrue. Why people believe in pseudo-conspiracies is the focus of Rob Brotherton's fascinating book "Suspicious Minds." Mr. Brotherton, an academic psychologist, advances the thesis that the belief in pseudo-conspiracies proceeds from the "quirks and foibles" in the way that the hum

uding a fake Kubrick, was untrue. Why people believe in pseudo-conspiracies is the focus of Rob Brotherton's fascinating book "Suspicious Minds." Mr. Brotherton, an academic psychologist, advances the thesis that the belief in pseudo-conspiracies proceeds from the "quirks and foibles" in the way that the huma

that Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth was part of a larger conspiracy backed by the Confederacy. On April 14, 1865, at about the same time that Booth shot Lincoln, one of his associates stabbed Secretary of State William Seward and another stalked Vice President Andrew Johnson with a loaded gun. Th