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Interview with Travis View: QANon & Modern Conspiracies

Decoding the Gurus

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The Cognitive Flaw That Leads People to Nonsensical Beliefs

"It's just interesting why people believe the things they do," he says. "As a side effect, hopefully we'd like to maybe encourage a little bit of critical thinking and skepticism" The cognitive flaw that leads them to these nonsense beliefs isn't a lack of intelligence, but an emotional draw in some sort of unconventional framework or approach.

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