The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain

The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain

(Audio) How Do You Know That?

Conspiracies happen. That doesn’t make conspiratorial thinking sound.

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Helen Pluckrose
Sep 01, 2026
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A strange kind of black-and-white thinking seems to have arisen around conspiracy theories. A surprising number of people appear to think we face a stark choice:

  • Believe that people never conspire together for harmful, criminal or antisocial ends.

  • Accept all conspiracy theories as inherently plausible.

This, of course, is a false choice. The same principle…

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