Cosmic Queries – Why do we believe conspiracy theories? with Michael Shermer
StarTalk Radio
What Would You Predict for Evidence?
Michael Hayden: Not all conspiracy theories are equal, which ones have evidence or not. He says if Wicke leaks showed millions of classified documents leaked to the public, there would be evidence for 9-11 as an inside job. "You don't have to actually melt steel all the way," he says; you only have to weaken it. The objective of American is as pedigree a place as you'd ever find the writings of science, argues Hayden.
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