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197 - Conspiratorial Thinking

You Are Not So Smart

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The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

CNN's John Sutter has been covering the psychological phenomena underlying conspiracy theories and communities that form around them for years. In this episode, he re-listens to three interviews in which each one of these interviews was prescient in some way. He also sits down with the filmmakers who made a documentary about people who believe the earth is flat.

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