Michael Shermer: The Conspiratorial Mind

Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and the author of many books, including Why People Believe Weird Things, the Moral Arc, and most recently, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational. Conspiracy:https://www.amazon.ca/Conspiracy-Why-Rational-Believe-Irrational/dp/1421444453 Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelshermer Richard Hanania Interview: Jon Askonas: Reality is Just a Game Now https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/reality-is-just-a-game-now 0:00 History 6:30 Conspiracy Theories 24:00 Religious Sects 41:00 Evolutionary Adaptation 57:30 Social Media Algorithms 1:13:30 Sex Differences 1:17:00 Trump 1:31:00 Pandemics 1:36:00 Deep State 1:51:00 Lab Leak 1:59:00 The Intellectual Dark Web 2:10:00 Academia 2:28:00 Chaos and Order This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe