The Lure of Conspiratorial Thinking with Michael Shermer

Join us for Objectively Speaking with Michael Shermer on Wednesday, March 25 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET.

‍Why do otherwise rational, intelligent people fall for conspiracy theories—and how can we tell the real ones from the truly irrational?

‍In Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational, Michael Shermer presents an overarching review of conspiracy theories―who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Returning to Objectively Speaking, Shermer is no stranger to The Atlas Society, having joined us previously to discuss his book Giving the Devil His Due, a tour de force in defense of free speech from a scientific humanist perspective. Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, and The Science of Good and Evil, among many others. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.