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S02E20: Conspiracies Everywhere - Hugo Drochen and Annemarie S Walter

Dilemma Podcast

English - February 22, 2021 18:29 - 1 hour - 140 MB - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
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Previous Episode: S02E19: Quantum Computing - Sean Holland

Next Episode: S02E21: Are we in a simulation? Does it matter? - Rizwan Virk

What kind of environmental and individual factors lead to the proliferation of conspiracy theories?

Jay is joined by co-authors and researchers Hugo Drochen and Annemarie S Walter to discuss their paper "Conspiracy Thinking in Europe and America: A Comparative Study".

Jay opens by telling his personal story of flirtation with conspiracy and pays homage to a good friend who recently took his own life, Ellery Samson.