2. What makes a good conspiracy theory?

A Doctor, an Italian, and a Madman

What is a conspiracy theory? What makes them so captivating? Can Alberto tell which conspiracy theories Liam and David just made up? Did dinosaurs build the pyramids? Is Frozen just search engine optimization? We answer none to some of these questions in this episode!

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Links to resources mentioned in the show.

Review article on the psychology of conspiracy theories:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691618774270

Video on the Phantom Time Hypothesis:

https://youtu.be/d0Fbcc8uWEc

Article and book on Hollow Earth:

https://nypost.com/2017/12/26/conspiracy-theorists-convinced-earth-is-hollow-and-filled-with-aliens

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B087SGXL6J/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MECTFb5RQ3E6F

Article on the 27th Letter of English:

http://walter-gil.org/27th_letter

Article on dinosaurs building the pyramids:

https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/pyramids-were-built-with-help-from-dinosaurs-claims-top-egyptologist/

Reddit thread on Darth Jar Jar:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trained_force_user/