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Conspiracy Expert: How to Spot a True Conspiracy Theory - Michael Shermer

TRIGGERnometry

English - May 31, 2023 23:01 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
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Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focussed on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. He is the author of over a dozen books, the most recent of which is ‘Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.’

You can find Michael's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421444453/ 

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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

00:00 Intro 
01:16 Michael Shermer’s Background
03:21 The Information Era’s Impact on Conspiracies
10:06 Big Tech Speech Censorship
16:40 When Should a Media Platform Censor Someone? 
19:27 Sponsor Message: Athletic Greens
20:58 The Twitter Files
28:33 Have We Become More Conspiratorial?
36:51 Epstein’s Island & Flight Logs
42:33 The Great Reset
48:11 The Conspiracy Theorist Demographic
55:52 Conspiracy & Victimhood
1:00:54 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?
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Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focussed on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. He is the author of over a dozen books, the most recent of which is ‘Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.’



You can find Michael's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421444453/ 



SPONSORED BY: ATHLETIC GREENS. Get a free 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to https://athleticgreens.com/triggernometry/



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Music by: Music by: Xentric | [email protected] | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube:  @xentricapc  



Buy Merch Here:



https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/



Advertise on TRIGGERnometry:



[email protected]



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Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: 



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https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/

https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/



About TRIGGERnometry: 



Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.



00:00 Intro 

01:16 Michael Shermer’s Background

03:21 The Information Era’s Impact on Conspiracies

10:06 Big Tech Speech Censorship

16:40 When Should a Media Platform Censor Someone? 

19:27 Sponsor Message: Athletic Greens

20:58 The Twitter Files

28:33 Have We Become More Conspiratorial?

36:51 Epstein’s Island & Flight Logs

42:33 The Great Reset

48:11 The Conspiracy Theorist Demographic

55:52 Conspiracy & Victimhood

1:00:54 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?

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