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b'It\\u2019s been ten years since the fall of the Twin Towers, but some still believe that the attack was an inside job. They\\u2019re not the only ones to buy into a conspiratorial view of world events. Others deny President Obama\\u2019s American birth\\u2026 link autism with vaccines\\u2026 and even claim that the fluo\\nride in our drinking water is there to control our minds. Is it the truth - or the fringe groups - that are \\u201cout there?\\u201d\\nFind out why some tinfoil hat ideas never go away. Also, the roots of rational argument: did our brains evolve to seek the truth\\u2026 or just win arguments?\\nIt\\u2019s Skeptic Check\\u2026 but don\\u2019t take our word for it!\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nJonathan Kay - Managing editor of National Post in Canada and author of Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America\\u2019s Growing Conspiracist Underground\\n\\n\\n\\nMichael Shermer - Founding Publisher of Skeptic Magazine and author of The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies \\u2013 How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them As Truths\\n\\n\\n\\nPhil Plait - Skeptic and keeper of Discover Magazine\\u2019s blog, badastronomy.com\\n\\n\\n\\nHugo Mercier - Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania\\n\\n\\nDarcia Narvaez - Psychologist at the University of Notre Dame\\n\\n\\nBen Recht - Computer Scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and author of the paper \\u201cOn the Effectiveness of Tinfoil Hats\\u201d\\n\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'