You Are Not So Smart podcast 016: Conspiracy Theories

I really LOVE and respect Dr. Novella…I’ve listened to The Skeptics’ Guide podcast almost since it’s inception and I can truly admit that it has changed my life. He’s right, there’s a HUGE difference between a skeptic and cynic. Conspiracy theorists take one small anomaly and exploit it to their advantage…Tragedies are noisy, messy, chaotic, and have TOO MANY moving parts; conspiracy theorists need to understand that. They have no idea how the gub’mint attached hundreds of tons of thermite to the framework of the twin towers, but they are CERTAIN it was planted there. Never mind those building were occupied by thousands of people that NEVER WITNESSED a single individual that looked suspicious…