The Conspiracy Test: Challenging Beliefs with Critical Thinking

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A combative approach to convince someone of their biased thinking was not helpful. Instead, I wanted to provide a way for people to conduct their own critical thinking investigation. The Conspiracy Test is a series of steps to challenge your own beliefs about a conspiracy theory and see if they hold up to scrutiny. It encourages open-mindedness and genuine examination of claims.

In this episode Jesse Richardson tells us all about ConspiracyTest.org, a new project designed to be a weird, fun, and cleverly educational way to explore just how skeptical you are (and could be) about a variety of conspiracy theories. The whole thing is designed to be very sharable and very viral, and it's launching right before Thanksgiving 2023 so that you can share it with your conspiracy-theory-entertaining friends and family over the holidays, in person or over social media (but you should definitely try it out on yourself first).

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