Why Do People Believe Conspiracy Theories? (Stuff They Don't Want You to Know) | JHS Ep. 814

Matt Frederick & Ben Bowlin are the conspiratorial masterminds behind the Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know podcast and co-authors of a book that, to avoid any confusion, goes by the same name.

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What We Discuss with Matt & Ben:
0:00 - Santa Claus and America
10:01 - Scientific theory vs conspiracy theory (Pizzagate)
20:39 - When conspiracies turn out to be true
28:22 - We are evolved to be conspiracists
32:37 - Are conspiracies more common today?
37:14 - Conspiracies and CCP government propaganda
41:19 - Education level, religion, and conspiracy
48:44 - Distrust of the government
53:01 - How to spot a conspiracy
1:01:27 - The types of people addicted to conspiracy theories
1:08:50 - Does Alex Jones actually believe everything he says?
1:12:54 - What makes a catchy conspiracy theory

If you’ve been paying attention, a lot of people believe in some pretty wild things these days. And admittedly, in some very rare instances, those wild things turn out to be true. But most of the time, what gets wrapped up under the patchwork quilt of “conspiracy theories” can be easily debunked and dismantled with the application of critical thinking and an examination of the evidence (or lack thereof).

On this episode, we’re joined by Matt Frederick and Ben Bowlin, the conspiratorial masterminds behind the Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know podcast and co-authors of a book that goes by the same name. Here, we discuss the current popular conspiracy theories making the rounds, conspiracy theories that have been around forever and still manage to persist after being disproven time and time again, conspiracy theories that have actually turned out to be true, who profits from belief in conspiracy theories, why people who should know better get sucked into believing conspiracy theories that are completely bonkers, and what we can do to avoid counting ourselves among them. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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