Ch 1 The Case for Gullibility. Why would people be gullible? Because, thanks to the power of human communication, we can learn so much from others. Ft. Cleon, Nongqawuse, pizzagate’s E.W. Welch, Milgram, Asch, Pete Richerson, Rob Boyd, @JoHenrich
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Ch 12 Witches’ Confessions and Other Useful Absurdities. Why confessions are so persuasive, and how to make friends using stupid or offensive beliefs. Ft. teleporting Kim Jong-il, Jeffrey Deskovic, Tituba, flat earthers, negationists, Azande witches
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Ch 13 Futile Fake News. Can believing absurdities lead to commit atrocities (or act stupid in general)? As a rule, it’s acting stupid that makes us believe absurdities. Ft. bloodletting for hemorrhage, pogroms, a Male Ejaculation Bill, polarization, filter bubbles
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Ch 14 Shallow Gurus. Using shortcuts to decide who to trust is, on the whole, a good idea, but also helps misconceptions spread at the margin. Ft. the trinity, “something that distinguishes itself from being named” (Lacan), physics, InfoWars
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Ch 15 Angry Pundits and Skillful Con Men. How pundits trick us into thinking they’re on our side, and why, conmen notwithstanding, we trust too little rather than too much. Ft. Fox News, The Sting, Kevin Mitnick, 419 scams, Toshio Yamagishihttps://aeon.co/ideas/the-smart-move-we-learn-more-by-trusting-than-by-not-trusting …
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Ch 16 The Case against Gullibility. Explains why we mistakenly believe others (but not us!) to be gullible, and how we can be wrong without being gullible. Ft. Mao, Putin, the Trajan column, Germinal
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