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AccentExplorer #12: Michael Shermer on Conspiracy Theories, Real Conspiracies, and How to Distinguish Them
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Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, and the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers. Watch this episode with visual aid at www.YouTube.com/theaccentpodcast, and enjoy many more unpublished episodes.
Dr. Shermer's books: Conspiracy: https://amzn.to/43cPsll
Why People Believe Weird Things: https://amzn.to/45bkRX4
The Believing Brain: https://amzn.to/3MquA4c
Support The Accent on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theaccentpodcast
TIMESTAMPS
01:35 The First Recorded Conspiracy Theory
04:05 Defining Conspiracy Theory and Who Falls for Them
12:40 The Umbrella Man – JFK Conspiracy
15:15 The 9/11 Conspiracy
17:20 Types of Conspiracy Theories (OJ Simpson)
22:25 Where there is smoke, there is fire
26:55 The Deep State
30:35 Changing Mind on Conspiracy Theories and UFOs pictures
35:15 The Skeptic Society
37:25 ChatGPT
39:25 Backward Masking
42:50 How to think like a Scientist
47:40 Social Media’s Role in Conspiracy Theories
49:50 Being Michael Shermer
47 episodi
Manage episode 371428937 series 2615910
Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, and the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers. Watch this episode with visual aid at www.YouTube.com/theaccentpodcast, and enjoy many more unpublished episodes.
Dr. Shermer's books: Conspiracy: https://amzn.to/43cPsll
Why People Believe Weird Things: https://amzn.to/45bkRX4
The Believing Brain: https://amzn.to/3MquA4c
Support The Accent on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theaccentpodcast
TIMESTAMPS
01:35 The First Recorded Conspiracy Theory
04:05 Defining Conspiracy Theory and Who Falls for Them
12:40 The Umbrella Man – JFK Conspiracy
15:15 The 9/11 Conspiracy
17:20 Types of Conspiracy Theories (OJ Simpson)
22:25 Where there is smoke, there is fire
26:55 The Deep State
30:35 Changing Mind on Conspiracy Theories and UFOs pictures
35:15 The Skeptic Society
37:25 ChatGPT
39:25 Backward Masking
42:50 How to think like a Scientist
47:40 Social Media’s Role in Conspiracy Theories
49:50 Being Michael Shermer
47 episodi
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