After JFK was released, the percentage of people that suspected the government or somebody was involved besides Lee Harvey Oswald went way up. There's a whole industry of books and films about it. World War I began in a bit of a, had some conspiracy roots to it. Even Roosevelt was accused of letting Pearl Harbor be bombed or making it happen on purpose.
Why do rational people believe irrational things? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down media literacy, the psychology behind conspiracy theories, and how to combat our cognitive biases with author and science historian, Michael Shermer.
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