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

Published: May 31, 2023, 11:01 p.m.

b"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?"