

My Chat with Dr. Michael Shermer, A Deep Dive Into Conspiracies (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_472)
Nov 1, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Is That a Three-Peat the Returning Champion?
01:39 • 4min
Is There a Lacuna in the Science of Conspiracy Theories?
05:13 • 4min
What Are the Types of Conspiracy Theories?
09:07 • 5min
The Evolution of Conspiracy Theory
14:30 • 4min
Is There Any Research That Looks at the Content of a Concoction?
18:48 • 5min
Why Are There No Conspiracy Theories About Hinkley Shooting Reagan?
23:35 • 2min
The Signal Detection Theory
25:17 • 3min
Wausen Test
28:19 • 3min
Do People Really Believe a Pizzagate?
31:31 • 2min
Is It Faith?
33:51 • 2min
Is Education a Predictor of Conspiracy Theory?
36:06 • 5min
Are There Any Beneficial Downstream Effects in Other Domains of People With Autism?
41:10 • 2min
Do You Think There's a Creative Paranoia?
43:01 • 4min
The Framing Effect Within the Mating Domain
46:38 • 4min
Evolution Psychology
50:24 • 2min
The MAGA People Are More Likely to Succumb to Crazy Conspiratorial Thinking
52:11 • 3min
Isn't It Part of His Personality, Right?
55:06 • 2min
How Many Books Are You Writing?
57:32 • 4min
Marketing Is Life and Life Is Marketing
01:01:51 • 4min
Hitchens: A Life, Man?
01:05:55 • 2min
I Am Christopher Hitchens and I'm Holding Court
01:07:47 • 4min
The Golden Rule for Human Sociality
01:11:39 • 2min