303. Michael Shermer — Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

<p>Michael Shermer discusses his new book <em>Conspiracy</em>, out October 25, 2022. In <em>Conspiracy</em> Shermer:</p> <ul> <li>reviews and integrates evolutionary, psychological, social, cultural, political, and economic conditions that fuel conspiracy theories</li> <li>presents his own original three-tiered theoretical model of Proxy Conspiracism, Tribal Conspiracism, and Constructive Conspiracism</li> <li>classifies and systematizes conspiracy theories in order to tease apart their different causes (incl. JFK’s assassination, the 9/11 Truth movement, Pizzagate, QAnon, the Big Lie, Project MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, and the perennial conspiracy theories surrounding UFOs)</li> <li>offers his Conspiracy Detection Kit on how to tell if a conspiracy theory is true, false, or undecidable</li> <li>and suggests how to talk to a conspiracy theorist.</li> </ul> <p>You can order your copy on Amazon (<a href= "https://amzn.to/3Eza8Lf">https://amzn.to/3Eza8Lf</a>) and Audible (<a href="https://amzn.to/3Eza8Lf">https://adbl.co/3eGXkaT</a>) now.</p>