[H]uman reason, standing on its own, isn't really a very good tool for getting at truth, and may not have even been designed (by evolution) for this purpose.

[W]hile liberals aren't always right, conservatives are vastly more wrong today about science and the facts in general.

[W]hen we think we're reasoning we may instead be rationalizing. [...] We may think we're being scientists, but we're actually being lawyers. Our "reasoning" is a means to a predetermined end - winning our case[.]

[M]ost people are afraid to think about the possibility that their most cherished beliefs might have a psychological basis, rather than simply a basis in fact.

[N]o matter how much the fact-checkers strive to remain "bipartisan," it is pretty hard to argue that the distribution of falsehoods today is politically equal or symmetrical.