033 - Critical Thinking About Conspiracies

Update: 2019-01-11

Description

On this episode of the Argument Ninja Podcast I'm presenting edited versions of last three episodes of my first podcast show that I produced in 2010-11. These were the last episodes I produced of that podcast series, and I discuss why in the introduction.

The last three episodes were on the subject of conspiracies and conspiracy theories.

https://kevindelaplante.com/033-critical-thinking-about-conspiracies/

Topics discussed in this episode include:

the definition of a conspiracy, and a conspiracy theory
local vs global conspiracies
default skepticism about conspiracies
9-11, the Moon Landings, the New World Order, mind control technologies, and other conspiracy theory examples
real government conspiracies: COINTELPRO (FBI), MK-ULTRA (CIA)
falsifiable and unfalsifiable conspiracies
lessons each side can learn

Comments

In Channel

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037 - 3 Honest Updates: On Failure, Living With a Stutter, and Accepting My Comfort Zone

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036 - Understanding Complex Social Phenomena: More Theories of the Causes of Social Polarization

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035 - Updates and a Street Epistemology Interview

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034 - Understanding the Causes of Polarization (Part 1): Depolarization Initiatives

2019-03-0650:30

033 - Critical Thinking About Conspiracies

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032 - When Tribalism Becomes Pathological

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031 - New Cartoon Videos Plus a Fall 2018 Update

2018-12-1126:12

030 - Behind the Scenes of My New Video Course

2018-09-1016:15

029 - How to Raise a Critical Thinker

2018-08-0352:37

028 - Tribalism Isn't the Problem

2018-06-1252:23

027 - Updates: Finances, Projects and Plans

2018-05-0832:40

026 - Feminism, Marxism, Postmodernism and Jordan Peterson: Sometimes the Only Winning Move is Not to Play

2018-03-2601:16:12

025 - Why Tribal Literacy?

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024 - How Commerce Became a Tool For Getting Outside My Head

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023 - The Argument Ninja Difference: Why Critical Thinking is a Martial Art

2017-10-3149:53

022 - Thinking Clearly About Critical Thinking: Interview with Kevin deLaplante

2017-09-1153:09

021 - What if Sam Harris and Scott Adams Had a Baby?

2017-09-0401:31:24

020 - Critical Thinking in China

2017-07-2455:40

019 – Understanding Your Divided Mind: Kahneman, Haidt and Greene

2017-05-3101:01:03

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Kevin deLaplante

033 - Critical Thinking About Conspiracies