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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 \u2018Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.\u2019\n\nYou can find Michael's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421444453/\xa0\n\nSPONSORED 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/\n\nJoin our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/\n\nOR Support TRIGGERnometry Here:\nBitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5\n\nMusic by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube:\xa0 @xentricapc \xa0\n\nBuy Merch Here:\n\nhttps://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/\n\nAdvertise on TRIGGERnometry:\n\nmarketing@triggerpod.co.uk\n\nJoin the Mailing List:\n\nhttps://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/\n\nFind TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:\xa0\n\nhttps://twitter.com/triggerpod\nhttps://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/\n\nAbout TRIGGERnometry:\xa0\n\nStand-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.\n\n00:00 Intro\xa0\n01:16 Michael Shermer\u2019s Background\n03:21 The Information Era\u2019s Impact on Conspiracies\n10:06 Big Tech Speech Censorship\n16:40 When Should a Media Platform Censor Someone?\xa0\n19:27 Sponsor Message: Athletic Greens\n20:58 The Twitter Files\n28:33 Have We Become More Conspiratorial?\n36:51 Epstein\u2019s Island & Flight Logs\n42:33 The Great Reset\n48:11 The Conspiracy Theorist Demographic\n55:52 Conspiracy & Victimhood\n1:00:54 What\u2019s the One Thing We\u2019re Not Talking About?\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices