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Conspiracy Expert: How to Spot a True Conspiracy Theory - Michael Shermer

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The Emotional Reward of Being a Powerless Person

Michael Wolraich: There's a sort of emotional reward to being this powerless person against whom the world is conspired. He says it's just human nature, really, that we need to blame someone for our own failings. "It's rational to be a little skeptical of that," he adds. 'I've been watching the football, or as you call it incorrectly, the soccer World Cup'

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