Like most conspiracy theorists, flat earthers are usually reasonable, intelligent, scientifically curious people. Until about the 2000s, historians only studied conspiratorial thinking as a social movement. After 9-11 attacks, psychologists and political scientists began to turn their attention to believers themselves.
Over the last few years, this show has devoted many shows to the psychology behind what we saw in the Capitol in January 2021. So, in this episode, we re-listen to three interviews on conspiratorial thinking to gain some perspective.
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