Reasonable Doubt

The Psychology of Belief

How your brain distorts the world to support your emotional attachments to certain ideas

Kate Morgan
Published in
6 min readFeb 5, 2019

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Illustration: Hisham Akira Bharoocha

BBelief is a powerful and necessary thing, governing our societies, our day-to-day and inner lives, our thoughts, hopes, plans, and relationships. You believe that the plane will leave the runway, that working hard will…

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Kate Morgan
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Kate is a freelance journalist who’s been published by Popular Science, The New York Times, USA Today, and many more. Read more at bykatemorgan.com.