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Why We Cling to Certainty, Conspiracies, and Bad Predictions artwork
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Why We Cling to Certainty, Conspiracies, and Bad Predictions

The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer

May 19, 202601:01:32Science & Medicine

We like to think the future can be figured out if we just gather enough information. Pick the right expert, read the right forecast, find the right framework, and the fog will lift. Simone Stolzoff argues that this impul...

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Why We Cling to Certainty, Conspiracies, and Bad Predictions is an episode from The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer. We like to think the future can be figured out if we just gather enough information. Pick the right expert, read th...

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Published May 19, 2026, 01:01:32 long, audio available.