"There is a way to determine the truth value of most conspiracy theories," he says. "I will offer my opinion on many of the most popular ones found in both history and today" The author's approach, as it has been in most of his writing, is that of Charles Darwin,.
Michael Shermer discusses his new book Conspiracy, out October 25, 2022. In Conspiracy Shermer:
- reviews and integrates evolutionary, psychological, social, cultural, political, and economic conditions that fuel conspiracy theories
- presents his own original three-tiered theoretical model of Proxy Conspiracism, Tribal Conspiracism, and Constructive Conspiracism
- classifies and systematizes conspiracy theories in order to tease apart their different causes (incl. JFK’s assassination, the 9/11 Truth movement, Pizzagate, QAnon, the Big Lie, Project MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, and the perennial conspiracy theories surrounding UFOs)
- offers his Conspiracy Detection Kit on how to tell if a conspiracy theory is true, false, or undecidable
- and suggests how to talk to a conspiracy theorist.
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