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AMA | July 2023
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Social Self: A Selection Advantage in Human Evolution
Jeffrey Segal: I'm very skeptical of any purported explanation for the success of such conspiracy theories, etc., which is too simple and cheap. Different people might have different reasons for joining QAnon and you need to take that into consideration. Jeffrey Segal: There's an attraction in human beings for simple, clear ways of thinking. He says it could be a selective advantage in human evolution where competing human groups needed to survive in absence of scientific knowledge.
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