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Expert Skeptic on Why Smart People Fall for Conspiracies | Michael Shermer | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report

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The New Institutions Are Coming, You Know?

"We don't trust the old institutions, but we don't know exactly what the new institutions are," he says. "If I say business as usual and it turns out it's like Ebola or AIDS, remember AIDS was 100% fatal at first." He adds that social isolation during COVID might be harder to cause than other kinds of causes. 'I think in or virtually nothing to do with science'

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