Dr. Joe Pierre

They know, based on their own experience, they have a sense of what the true narrative is of those events. So to hear people spinning a different tale that contradicts their own experience, you know, that's, again, upsetting or even insulting in a way.

They know, based on their own experience, they have a sense of what the true narrative is of those events. So to hear people spinning a different tale that contradicts their own experience, you know, that's, again, upsetting or even insulting in a way.

There's something called the white Christmas effect.

There's something called the white Christmas effect.

If you tell people in advance that they're going to hear a recording of something that sounds like white noise, but embedded within it, you're going to hear the song The White Christmas. And then we play that white noise and we ask you to press a button to identify when you're hearing the song. People will listen to the white noise.

If you tell people in advance that they're going to hear a recording of something that sounds like white noise, but embedded within it, you're going to hear the song The White Christmas. And then we play that white noise and we ask you to press a button to identify when you're hearing the song. People will listen to the white noise.

They'll press the button saying that they've heard it, even when the song was not actually embedded into that white noise. It's like, if I... am someone who is interested in conspiracy theories, who's interested in true crime.

They'll press the button saying that they've heard it, even when the song was not actually embedded into that white noise. It's like, if I... am someone who is interested in conspiracy theories, who's interested in true crime.

And if you ask me to take a look at this case, well then, yeah, I could sift through all the materials that I read and say, yes, absolutely, there's evidence here, here, here, here. Because if my brain is looking for that information, we know that human brains are very good at finding it. And so that's where I think we have to be skeptical when we hear about conspiracy theories.

And if you ask me to take a look at this case, well then, yeah, I could sift through all the materials that I read and say, yes, absolutely, there's evidence here, here, here, here. Because if my brain is looking for that information, we know that human brains are very good at finding it. And so that's where I think we have to be skeptical when we hear about conspiracy theories.