Different Types of Conspiracies and the Importance of Probabilistic Thinking

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QAnon is a conspiracy theory that believes in a global cabal of child trafficking elites who use chemicals to stay young. The interactive experience challenges users to choose a conspiracy they believe may be true and encourages thinking rationally through probabilistic inference. With the help of a character named Captain, users are led through the process, encountering videos and critical thinking exercises.

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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