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Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories
- What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
Millions of Americans buy into conspiracy theories. Did you know that...
- 81 percent of Americans believe more than one person was responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
- 1/3 of this country thinks 9/11 was an “inside job” by the Bush administration?
- 21 percent believes aliens crash-landed in Roswell and are being hidden in Area 51?
- 7 percent are convinced that the moon landing was faked?
What causes some people to advocate these unfounded—often disproven—ideas as reality? And why is the power of conspiracies so compelling that they can motivate people to act, some even participating in acts of violence?
In this eye-opening Audible Original, Professor Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and the host of the Science Salon podcast, takes you through some of the most prevalent conspiracy theories in history, giving you a clear understanding of how and why they came about, who was likely to believe and perpetuate them, and the reality behind these beliefs.
Whether you are looking for the truth regarding popular conspiracy theories; are fascinated by the psychology of why people buy into them; or are interested in how they shaped and were shaped by history, this course will provide you all the tools you need to better understand the pervasiveness of conspiracy theories.
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- J C Whitehouse
- 19-06-22
Enjoyable
Some interesting points made in this book
Recommend it as it’s fairly easy to follow
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- Lou
- 30-08-22
highly instructive
A great set of lectures on the subject with psychological explanations for the phenomena
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-23
Good book
easy to listen to,a great listen and very informative yet interesting,would for sure recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-02-22
Extremely interesting
I found the subject highly interesting and informative. There was a lot of examples that were explained in detail. It is great to have a logical perspective and rational approach to these ideas.
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- Jason Tsang
- 22-11-23
interesting
Well worth listening. It's quite educational and good to know why we believe in conspiracy theories. However, the author has biases and I don't trust everything he's preaching.
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- T. Yates
- 22-03-20
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I thought I was buying a book about conspiracy theories but it's quite a dry lecture for 80% of the book about theory rather than actual conspiracies.
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- bradley
- 19-08-22
The Conspiracy theorist bane
The beginning of the book was very insightful and interesting in regards to the phycology of conspiracy.
However I don't think the author was very balanced in his views it felt more what to think rather than a way of looking at thinks. For me personally 9/11 with all the facts is undoubtedly the most troubling for me.I was 15 and saw the BBC announced the falling of building 7, 25 minutes before it fell after I thought the whole thing very strange.
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- Elina Heininen
- 25-09-22
Not everything explained, otherwise very good.
Very good narrator, engaging and easy to listen to, but nearing the end, the book explained the concepts less and less, which made it hard to follow. I have to listen to this again to understand better and remember all the biases. This book leaned well into my confirmation bias, lol.
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- Essex England
- 04-05-22
Conspiracies & Theories
At first I found this book interesting! However the longer it went on it became more about debunking peoples believes then conspiracies and conspiracy theories and how they come about.
Now I’m not one to insult anyone’s intelligence but when we get to Lee Harvey Oswald was the shooter, I had to turn off!
What you believe is up to you and I will not try and persuade you otherwise why would I? But if Lee Harvey Made that shot he would have been the best of the best sniper the world had ever seen!
Now if you don’t believe me that’s fine I can live with that, but what cannot be denied is that shot came from the front of the vehicle sadly causing part of the president’s skull to explode out over the trunk!
When a bullet hits a target it makes a hole proportionate to its size then explodes out of a target, so unless you are saying that Lee Harvey Oswald was capable of firing a bullet from behind the president getting it to do a 180degree turn and then locking onto the presidents forehead all from behind the the motorcade which is in motion? Well your understanding on Newton’s Physics is better then mine! So ultimately what does this say it can only lead to one conclusion that some Conspiracies are real.
However it seems the writer wants us all to believe the opposite and the Government is this loving truth telling collection of our peers that would never lie and only ever tell you the truth, yeah right Michael this is one conspiracy that will never go away, because it is based on fact.
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- Eddie Mcmanus
- 01-11-22
Good
Interesting read. Still think Shermer can lean in a litte too much to 'de-bunking' but still a good read.
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