My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.

 . ISBN 978-1-59359-979-9. Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny.

Martha Nibley Beck (born November 29 1962) is an American sociologist therapist life coach and best-selling author. She received national attention after publication in 2005 of her best-seller Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith in which Martha Beck accuses her father of sexual abuse.