Your mind is constantly selling you a story about who you are, what’s true, and what you should believe. But how do you know when that story is helping and when it’s quietly leading you astray? Today, we’re exploring two books about belief, evidence, and the slippery search for certainty: Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times by Owen Fitzpatrick and Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty by Adam Kucharski.

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