E218. Michael Shermer On The Truth About Conspiracy Theories

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Introduction

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Are There So Many Podcasts?

01:36 • 2min

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Podcasts Will Save the World

03:14 • 2min

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What's Russia, a Conspiracy Theory?

05:32 • 3min

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Are You a New Mom?

08:42 • 6min

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The CIA's Role in the JFK Assassination

14:32 • 3min

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Why Should We Trust the Police?

18:00 • 2min

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Are We Going to Close Gitmo?

19:30 • 4min

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The Congressional Dish Podcast - Jennifer Briney

23:01 • 3min

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How Many Times Do We Have to Let People Make Their Own Mistakes?

25:36 • 2min

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The Sam Bankman Fried - Is That a Ponzi Scheme?

27:51 • 2min

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Is the Game Rigged?

29:48 • 3min

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Is Shorting Stocks Legitimate?

32:40 • 2min

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The Woo to Cue Pipeline

34:33 • 2min

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Detecting a Conspiracy or a Signal Detection Problem

36:06 • 2min

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Snowden's on Rogan's Show

37:37 • 3min

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I Want to Put a Microchip in Your Brain and It's Like Loving My Ass Up

40:21 • 2min

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How I Don't Know How to Do It

41:53 • 3min

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Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

45:20 • 3min

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Is the Internet Fueling the Election Denialism?

47:56 • 2min

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Is the Internet Fueling Mental Illness?

50:19 • 2min

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What Constructive Conspiracies Have Come True?

51:50 • 2min

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Is Your Mom a Risk Averse Woman?

53:27 • 2min

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Are Women More Risk Averse Than Men?

55:16 • 3min

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How to Talk to a Conspiracy Theorist

58:14 • 2min

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The Internet's Making It Worse

01:00:00 • 2min

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The Tension Between Being a Constructive Conspiracy Theorist and Not Losing All Faith

01:01:41 • 2min

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Do You Believe Queer Science to Be Legitimate Science or Pseudoscience?

01:03:13 • 4min

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Trans Rights Human Rights

01:06:50 • 2min

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What Is a Woman Anyway?

01:09:14 • 2min

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DeI Trainings Aren't Helping Diversity Equity Inclusion

01:11:30 • 2min

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How to Talk to Conspiracy Theorists

01:13:22 • 2min

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The Limitations of Capitalism

01:15:11 • 2min

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What Is Capitalism?

01:17:29 • 2min

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You Know I'm a CEO and You're a Shareholder and You Know What John Mackie Calls Conscious Capitalism

01:18:59 • 3min

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Is There a Rise in American Conspiracy Theories?

01:22:26 • 2min

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Scientific Fraud Is Discovered by Insiders

01:24:14 • 2min

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Ignaz's Theory of Atlantis

01:26:01 • 3min

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The Replication Crisis

01:28:55 • 3min

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Clustering Effects

01:32:18 • 3min

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Scientific American Goes Awake

01:35:18 • 3min

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What Is Your Definition of Awake?

01:38:14 • 2min

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We Need More Addicts of Color

01:40:05 • 2min

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Is NPR a Parody?

01:41:37 • 2min

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MAGA Is Not What You're Saying It's What You Are Not Saying

01:43:20 • 2min

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Is There a Ukraine Flag on a Map? I Don't Know Everything

01:45:14 • 2min

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What Does This Mean and How Do You Know if You're Going Through a Breakup?

01:47:25 • 2min

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Is It a Woman's Desire to Be Monogamous?

01:49:38 • 2min

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Are You Having a Remembered Self or Experienced Self?

01:51:47 • 3min

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I Regret Being a Slut and I Regret It a Lot

01:54:24 • 2min

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The Experience Self vs the Remembered Self

01:56:32 • 2min

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What Does That Mean in a Book of Essays?

01:58:27 • 2min

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The Fourth Wave Is Really Bonkers Yeah Yeah Yeah I Would Just Send Your Essay to Your Agent

02:00:21 • 2min

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I'm a Skeptic and I Don't Like Conflict at All

02:02:03 • 2min

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Is That Your Role in the Culture War?

02:04:31 • 3min

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How Much Exercise Can Change Your Life?

02:07:31 • 2min

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I'm in the Club Michael and I've Just Started Calling Her the Child

02:09:43 • 5min

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Is There a Study on Gender Dysphoria in a Courtroom?

02:15:00 • 2min

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I Was Like I Wanted to Cheat on This Prompt

02:16:45 • 2min

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I've Just Seen So Many Clips From It That I Can't Handle It

02:18:45 • 2min

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I Love Band of Brothers Yeah Yeah Yeah It's Just So Good Yeah Yeah I Love It

02:20:40 • 2min

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The Writing Prompts Pay Dividends

02:22:43 • 2min

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The Last Factory Settings Podcast

02:24:20 • 2min