Though this podcast sometimes heavily focuses on the Southern California Yoga scene, it’s still worth a listen. Some of my favorite episodes: Why Are Spiritual People Vulnerable to Conspiracy Theories? Yoga Teachers Are Not Doctors, Doctors Are Not Priests Are There Really Two Sides? Bro Science: Anti-Vaxxers A Letter to a Friend in a Cult Visit The Conspirituality Website
“The rise of misinformation and disinformation keeps us up at night. No law or fancy new AI is going to solve the problem. We all have to be a little more vigilant, a little more thoughtful, a little more careful when sharing information—and every once in a while, we need to call bullshit when we see it.”
“New-school bullshit can be particularly effective because many of us don’t feel qualified to challenge information that is presented in quantitative form. That is exactly what new-school bullshitters are counting on. To fight back, one must learn when and how to question such statements.”
“Rather, the really big cover-ups take place out in the open, as climate denial does. The smoking gun is there for everyone to see; the cover-up is providing people with alternative reasons to believe it might be smoking.”
True Enough is a wonderful technical overview of how and why The United States have populations that seem to be witnessing completely different realities. From the psychology of selection bias to the economics of decision making, Majoo does a wonderful job outlining the forces acting on each and every American as they try to find Truth.
“We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. It is held in reverence. Some think it the voice of God.”
“If there is something comforting—religious, if you want—about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, a condition not many of us can bear for long.”
“You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving…our press secretary gave alternative facts.”
“[You] in what we call the reality-based community…believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That’s not the way the world really works anymore. We create our own reality.” (Acting as senior adviser to President George W. Bush)
