The Rubin Report

Expert Skeptic on Why Smart People Fall for Conspiracies | Michael Shermer | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report

Nov 13, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
How Do You Know What to Believe?
02:51 • 3min
3
Why the Rational Believe the Irrational?
05:24 • 2min
4
Is Bill Barr Just Part of the Machine That Would Produce That Kind of Life?
07:18 • 4min
5
Is There a Way Back?
11:05 • 2min
6
The New Institutions Are Coming, You Know?
13:33 • 4min
7
The Effects of Social Media on COVID
17:50 • 4min
8
What's Happening Behind the Scenes?
21:47 • 2min
9
Are You Getting Into a Constructive Conspiracy?
23:24 • 2min
10
Is Social Media a Part of the Internet?
25:08 • 3min
11
Is It a Top Down Concoction?
27:53 • 2min
12
Is It Scary or More Comforting if Nobody's in Control?
29:40 • 2min
13
Are You Going to Run the Story if You Won't Run It?
31:46 • 2min
14
How to Determine Which Conspiracies Are Real
33:30 • 5min
15
The Holocaust Denier Was Also Trans, Which Is an Interesting Detail
38:52 • 2min
16
What's the Difference Between a Dilousing Chamber and a Homicide Chamber?
40:52 • 3min
17
The Colombo Thing - Part Three
43:47 • 4min