The 9/11 attacks are a good test case of how many elements would have to be involved, come together just perfectly in the perfect coordination for it to happen. To plant explosive devices in a building, you have to break through the drywall and wrap this structural support beams in these explosive devices. No one that was involved wants to go on 60 minutes and write a tell-all book or somebody that knows somebody that was involved in this, not one person. And by the way, the air's the most rational fact. It was the Bush administration. Come on! Yes, right.
Why do rational people believe irrational things? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down media literacy, the psychology behind conspiracy theories, and how to combat our cognitive biases with author and science historian, Michael Shermer.
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