Ep 50 - Varn-ishing the "Truth" Part 2 - (w/ C Derick Varn)

Part 2 of our extended conversation with Derick Varn. The full talk is up at Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/
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C Derick Varn continues to give us a primer on how to interpret conspiratorial claims, including: wondering why _has_ conspiracy culture resurged in popularity lately, how to help people handle ambiguity, why ethos is handy in person-to-person coversations, 9/11 stuff, Bayesian probability. This is part 2 of a 3 part episode.
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Links:
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Derick Varn's previous appearance: http://goo.gl/RHtnGy
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Varn's first collection of poetry _Apocalyptics_ is out from Unlikely Press. http://www.unlikelystories.org/unlikely-books/apocalyptics
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Check out Varn's podcasts Symptomatic Redness here: https://dietsoap.podomatic.com/
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