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201763 minPGdocumentary

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Religious Cults

Right Between Your Ears

201763 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Beliefs in apocalyptic predictions, such as those surrounding the Mayan calendar in 2012, illustrate how certainty can distort perceptions of truth.

Religious Cults

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Sheila Marshall

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Beliefs in apocalyptic predictions, such as those surrounding the Mayan calendar in 2012, illustrate how certainty can distort perceptions of truth.

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Sheila Marshalldirector

Sheila Marshallwriter

Kris De Meyerwriter

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Through the eyes of people who became convinced of a date for the end of the world, Right Between Your Ears explores how people believe, how we turn beliefs into certainties, and mistake them for the truth.

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