When does healthy scepticism become unhinged suspicion? How do you know if you’re being gullible or sensible? What are the cognitive traps that social media pulls us into? And why should you care?As soon as news broke of a violent attack in the cockpit of a FlyDubai 737 en route to Tel Aviv, the internet pushed back. Something was fishy. There were anomalies in the official story. Viral videos from both the left and the right hinted at an Israeli plot.Josh is on vacation, but he interrupted his important work reviewing Texas rodeos to bring you this emergency livestream. He reflects on the difference between clear thinking and muddled thinking about uncertain events.Using Carl Sagan, The Simpsons and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, he presents the FlyDubai incident as a lesson in how to protect the most valuable asset you own — your rationality.

When does healthy scepticism become unhinged suspicion? How do you know if you’re being gullible or sensible? What are the cognitive traps that social media pulls us into? And why should you care?
As soon as news broke of a violent attack in the cockpit of a FlyDubai 737 en route to Tel Aviv, the internet pushed back. Something was fishy. There were anomalies in the official story. Viral videos from both the left and the right hinted at an Israeli plot.
Josh is on vacation, but he interrupted his important work reviewing Texas rodeos to bring you this emergency livestream. He reflects on the difference between clear thinking and muddled thinking about uncertain events.
Using Carl Sagan, The Simpsons and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, he presents the FlyDubai incident as a lesson in how to protect the most valuable asset you own — your rationality.

JUST JOSH: Conspiracies & FlyDubai, Oh My

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