Expert Skeptic on Why Smart People Fall for Conspiracies | Michael Shermer | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to expert skeptic Michael Shermer about his new book “Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational”; how he detects political media bias when he reads the news; what he thinks the most objective news source is; why even rational people believe conspiracy theories; how the CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci lost the trust of the American people; how online conspiracy theories can spread exponentially faster than ever before; why online censorship of misinformation will always backfire; the simple test you can use to disprove most conspiracy theories; whether the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story counts as a conspiracy; and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices