033 - Critical Thinking About Conspiracies

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