Episode Transcript: #1888 - Michael Shermer
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i hope that's the right way.
why the rational believe the irrational.
right.
why is that?
is it simple?
it wouldn't be this big of a book if it was simple.
no.
yeah, it's not that simple.
well, first of all, my argument is that it's not irrational to believe conspiracy theories
because enough of them are true that it pays to err on the side of assuming more of them
are true than actually are, then missing real conspiracy theories and then that's a costlier
error to make.
that's a rational perspective.
the term conspiracy theory got thrown about.
there was the first introduction of it into the zeitgeist was during the kennedy assassination,
correct?