Skeptic: Why Smart People Fall for Conspiracy Theories | Michael Shermer | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to expert skeptic Michael Shermer about his new book “Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational”; how he detects political media bias when he reads the news; what he thinks the most objective news source is; why he reads both the New York Times and the Wall St. Journal; why even rational people believe some of the craziest conspiracy theories; his thoughts on the 2020 election conspiracy; how the CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci lost the trust of the American people with their ever changing COVID guidance; how experts miscalculated by not thinking about all the potential downside risks of school closures and lockdown effects; the damaging mental health effects of social isolation and loneliness on young people; why the U.S. government’s MK ultra program, which conducted unauthorized experiments on mind control should make you think twice about trusting the government; how online conspiracy theories can spread exponentially faster than ever before because of social media; why online censorship of misinformation and conspiracy theories will always backfire; the simple test you can use to disprove most conspiracy theories; why complex systems make most conspiracy theories unlikely to be true; his thoughts on the 9/11 conspiracy theory; if the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story counts as a conspiracy; and much more.

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