Is the Outside World Really Out to Get You?

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CNN's John Sutter looks at the psychology behind some of these conspiracy theories. He says it starts with a distrust of authority, and that we think everybody is trying to get one over on us. It also has culti aspects, you trust us, don't trust the outside world, he writes. "Thats what makes it so virulent, so difficult to get people out of"

Special guest Mike Rothschild tells us how the road to wellness can be an on-ramp to a conspiracy theory. Along the way we debunk oil pulling, explore Instagram aesthetics and bemoan anti-vaxx argumentation tactics . Mike gets the date of the January 6th insurrection wrong and he is sorry.

Mike Rothschild is on Twitter and you can pre-order his book here!

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