Conspiracy Theories (feat. Brian Keeley)
Overthink
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Is It the Case That Conspiracy Theories Can Be Trapped Like Miracles?
A lot of scientific breakthroughs come about because people look at errant data or these sort of weird things that don't fit into the system and then say, hmm, maybe there's a bigger story here. And so by labeling conspiracy theory, it's like labeling it as a miracle and saying, we're never going to be in a position to rationally believe in it. There are often good grounds for rejecting conspiracy theories, but they're always going to be empirical grounds that you have to investigate.
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