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

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 ‘Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.’ You can find Michael's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421444453/ SPONSORED 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/ Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-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. 00:00 Intro 01:16 Michael Shermer’s Background 03:21 The Information Era’s Impact on Conspiracies 10:06 Big Tech Speech Censorship 16:40 When Should a Media Platform Censor Someone? 19:27 Sponsor Message: Athletic Greens 20:58 The Twitter Files 28:33 Have We Become More Conspiratorial? 36:51 Epstein’s Island & Flight Logs 42:33 The Great Reset 48:11 The Conspiracy Theorist Demographic 55:52 Conspiracy & Victimhood 1:00:54 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices