The Dangers of Rejecting Conspiracy Theories

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There are people out there who do, you know, chase conspiracy theories and make them up. I had a conversation with some flat earth guys once on their podcast. That was an interesting experience because it's not every day that you get the chance to talk to some guys who think the earth is flat. They didn't convince me, but you start to get down to a level where you're talking about mathematical formulas and how do you actually prove that the earth is round? And in just a one to one conversation, it becomes a philosophical discussion and it becomes very hard to actually prove it. It does to an extent come down to your choices, how you choose to see the world.

[Part 2 of 2] Since recording part 1 of this conversation, Antony caught COVID-19 and lost a bit of weight, but he managed to talk for about 100 minutes here about more topics he has previously covered in episodes of his podcast "Life & Life Only". Here we discuss diverse things including the extraordinary feats of endurance by David Blaine🕴🏻, food and dieting 🍔, Stanley Kubrik's film "The Shining" 🪓, the term "conspiracy theory" 🤫, the ways that comedy shows can reveal the truth 🎭, and the complex art of happiness 🙂.

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