When You'll Believe Anything

• Most people, when confronted with something they don't understand, do not realise they don't understand it because they are able to come up with an explanation that makes sense based on their own unique perspective and experiences in the world , however Limited those experience are.

Michelle Obama says people's stories are more important than statistics.

She feels humanity would be more tolerant if we learned more about people's stories and cared less about status indicators.

Children are prone to believing in just about anything. A sceptical child has less chance of surviving than the child who unthinkingly listens to his parent's advice.

However, research shows that children are rational and thoughtful consumers of information