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213. Mike Rothschild — The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything

The Michael Shermer Show

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Are You a Better Liar if You Believe Them?

"It's astonishing that this could happenandl there it is. There's our platial system," he says. "You're a better liar if you actually believe the li because then you don't give off the miromtals ind your face and your voice." He thinks most cult leaders, psychic mediums, people who we would call conartists, in fact, come to believe it. And maybe they think, whow? Maybe i do.

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