How logic betrays the people who trust it

Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick by Owen Fitzpatrick

Jul 13, 202617:00Science & Medicine

Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and one of the sharpest minds of his era, spent years publicly defending photographs of fairies made from paper cutouts. He wasn't fooled because he was naive, but becau...

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