Laurie Santos: How Monkeys Mirror Human Irrationality | This Scientific Life

http://scientopia.org/blogs/thisscientificlife/2010/08/10/laurie-santos-how-monkeys-mirror-human-irrationality/ Thinking in relative terms and “risk aversion” bias – TED presentation that shows that monkeys do that the same irrational biases that we humans do. (interesting, watch this if you can spare 20 min)

NeuroLogica Blog » Barriers to the Acceptance of Science

http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1994 Excellent article, shows some aspects why ppl do not accept silence – main cause: due to human nature emotions win over reason