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Michael Shermer’s New Book: Conspiracy — Why the Rational Believe the Irrational ($24.95 ea.)Dear Fellow Skeptics,The problem of conspiracism is urgent—arguably more pressing than at any time in our history.As Jared Diamond put it…“Imagined conspiracies claim one implausible explanation for many real problems. But some conspiracy claims are true, and more were true in our tribal past. How can you tell actual conspiracies from crazy theories?”I am writing to let you know that my new book Conspiracy is published today.In the book, I…review and integrate evolutionary, psychological, social, cultural, political, and economic conditions that fuel conspiracy theoriespresent my own original three-tiered theoretical model of Proxy Conspiracism, Tribal Conspiracism, and Constructive Conspiracismclassify and systematize conspiracy theories in order to tease apart their different causes (incl. JFK’s assassination, the 9/11 Truth movement, Pizzagate, QAnon, the Big Lie, Project MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, and the perennial conspiracy theories surrounding UFOs)offer my “Conspiracy Detection Kit” on how to tell if a conspiracy theory is true, false, or undecidableand suggest how to talk to a conspiracy theorist.