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Podcast: Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic
Episode: How do conspiracy theorists weave their web?
Description: You have heard much about conspiracy theories and the folks that peddle them during the COVID 19 pandemic. Ullrich Ecker, an associate professor in cognitive science at the University of Western Australia, has studied the way conspiracy theorists work and what techniques they use to put out their version of the world. He points out things people can do to protect themselves from being caught out by conspiracy theories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.