E218. Michael Shermer On The Truth About Conspiracy Theories
February 2, 2023
2 hr 24 min
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February 2, 2023
E218. Michael Shermer On The Truth About Conspiracy Theories
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Summary
Michael Shermer stops in to talk about his new book Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational . He and Bridget discuss trying to diffuse the pejorative nature of the word “conspiracy”, the difference between a hypothesis and a conspiracy, why a lot of conspiracy theories turn out to be true, the eroded trust in our institutions, and why we still have to maintain some of that trust or we can’t have a civil society, and the entertainment value and appeal of conspiracy theories - they ...
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