Conspiracy Theory

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Today we talk about a popular conspiracy theory that started as speculation and then spread like crazy. Where did it come from and why do people believe it’s true?

Stuff We Mention

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/01/quarantine-alabama-conspiracy-chaos-coronavirus/

Nearly a third of Americans believe a conspiracy theory about the origins of the coronavirus
A new Pew study finds 30 percent of Americans believe scientists created Covid-19. That isn’t what happened.
The conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus, debunked
Rumor is the coronavirus was released from a lab in Wuhan, China. Here’s how we know it didn’t.
Why do people still believe in conspiracy theories? – Physics World
Robert P Crease wonders why so many people still get fooled by conspiracy theories

Moment of Calm

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Seneca

In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours

Mark Twain

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