The recent Senate trial for President Trump's impeachment riveted the nation, but little consensus could be reached about the facts of the case or the outcome. Additionally, many in Congress knew how they would vote before the trial began. 

The strong convictions that every member of the Senate brought to the trial - minus Senator Mitt Romney - didn't waver after the facts were presented. 

You've probably noticed that we’re living in a know-it-all society. We tend to think we’re always right (meaning everyone else is wrong) at the expense of everyone else’s opinions. Is this part of the reason we’re not getting along so well as a society?

Also this hour: one man’s quest to be the smartest man in the world.

GUESTS:
Michael Lynch - Professor of Philosophy and director of the Humanities Institute at UConn and director of the New England Humanities Consortium. He’s the author of several books, most recently, Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture
A.J. Jacobs - Contributor to Esquire magazine and The New York Times. He’s the author of four NYT bestsellers, including The Know-It-All: One Man’s humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World.

The recent&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wnpr.org/programs/colin-mcenroe-pardon-me-podcast">Senate trial for President Trump's impeachment&nbsp;</a>riveted the nation, but little consensus could be reached about the facts of the case or the outcome. Additionally, many in Congress knew how they would vote before the trial began.&nbsp;
The strong convictions that every member of the Senate brought to the trial - minus Senator Mitt Romney - didn't waver after the facts were presented.&nbsp;
You've probably noticed that we&rsquo;re living in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Know-All-Society-Arrogance-Political/dp/1631493612">know-it-all society</a>. We tend to think we&rsquo;re always right (meaning everyone else is wrong) at the expense of everyone else&rsquo;s opinions. Is this part of the reason we&rsquo;re not getting along so well as a society?
Also this hour:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC2LUA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">one man&rsquo;s quest</a>&nbsp;to be the smartest man in the world.
GUESTS:
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<li><a href="https://michael-lynch.philosophy.uconn.edu/">Michael Lynch</a>&nbsp;- Professor of Philosophy and director of the Humanities Institute at UConn and director of the New England Humanities Consortium. He&rsquo;s the author of several books, most recently,&nbsp;Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture</li>
<li><a href="https://ajjacobs.com/">A.J. Jacobs</a>&nbsp;- Contributor to&nbsp;Esquire&nbsp;magazine and&nbsp;The New York Times. He&rsquo;s the author of four NYT bestsellers, including&nbsp;The Know-It-All: One Man&rsquo;s humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World.</li>
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