Tim Urban

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And everyone starts kicking it and trying to, and almost all conspiracy theories, they quickly crumble, right?

Because they actually, you know, Trump's election one is, you know, I actually dug in and I looked at like every claim that he or his team made.

And I was like,

All of these, none of these hold up to scrutiny.

None of them.

I was open-minded, but none of them did.

So that was one that as soon as it's open to scrutiny, it crumbles.

The only way that conspiracy can stick around in a community is if...

It is a culture where that's being treated as a sacred idea that no one should kick or throw a dart at.

Because if you throw a dart, it's gonna break.

And so what you want is a culture where no idea is sacred.

Anything can get thrown at.

And so I think that then what you'll find is that 94 out of 100 conspiracy theories come in and they fall down.

The other, maybe four of the others come in and there's something there, but it's not as extreme as people say.

And then maybe one is a huge deal and it's actually a real conspiracy.

Yeah, there's a great documentary called Behind the Curve about flat earthers.

And one of the things that you learn about flat earthers is they believe all the conspiracies, not just the flat earth.

They are convinced the moon landing is fake.

They're convinced 9-11 was an American con job.

They're convinced, you know, name a conspiracy and they believe it.

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