Complexity of the world cannot by itself explain persistent biased beliefs, because complexity should rationally produce agnosticism (suspended judgment); instead people who haven't studied economics hold confident, vehement views that gravitate precisely toward the answers textbooks say are wrong.

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Speaker

Bryan Caplan

Evidence Quote

the rational strategy for a person who hasn't actually studied a subject is to be agnostic

Source

Bryan Caplan on The Myth of the Rational Voter 6/25/2007EconTalk
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