Jonah Lehrer brings the science. His thesis:
I think the financial crisis has helped expose a powerful bias in human decision-making, which is our abhorrence of uncertainty. We hate not knowing, and this often leads us to neglect relevant information that might undermine the certainty of our conclusions.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/03/the-root-of-the-economic-bust/204516/
