And when Marcus and Esme say “everyone,” they mean everyone. It turns out that human beings might not be the rational creatures we like to think we are. According to neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, it seems our decision-making abilities are guided and greatly influenced by our emotions.

In this episode, Marcus and Esme discuss Damasio’s theories and how they might explain some of the philosophical and political differences in our county, and why so many of us are susceptible to misinformation and irrational decision-making. They also discuss how this research opens the door to potentially reaching out to people whose beliefs seem to be so completely different from our own.

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Sources for this episode include:

• Damasio, Antonio. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. 27 Sept. 2005. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/antonio-damasio-descartes-error.
• Markwica, Robin. A Theory of Emotional Choice for International Relations. The Max Weber Programme Blog, 15 Mar. 2018, blogs.eui.eu/maxweberprogramme/emotional-choice-international-relations.

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