E218. Michael Shermer On The Truth About Conspiracy Theories
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Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
Most people are rational about most things in their lives. They can keep gas in the tank and money in the bank. If you really believe that the election was rigged then people do lose their rationality but not even that completely. It's a little bit like the analogy I used the Edgar Welch the guy that went to the comment ping pong pizzeria in Washington DC with his kind of breakup the pedophile ring. That is what you would do if you knew there was a crime being committed and no one would do anything about it right so when somebody says yeah I think that could you they tell a posterYeah I think there's something to the pizza gate thing because a lot of people did tick
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