Joe Rogan Experience #1222 - Michael Shermer

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

January 11, 2019

Duration

2h 48m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Michael Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Michael Shermer

  guest

• Guest (unidentified, likely in-studio friend/producer)

  guest

• Narrator

  other

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Michael Shermer, Joe Rogan Experience #1222 - Michael Shermer explores Skepticism, Self-Help, and Conspiracies: Michael Shermer Dissects Belief Systems Joe Rogan and Michael Shermer range across skepticism, religion, self-help, and conspiracy theories, examining why people believe dubious claims and how those beliefs persist. They discuss psychics, astrology, self-help gurus, broken-windows policing, and the psychology behind cults like Scientology. A large portion explores how and why conspiracy theories (9/11, JFK, moon landing, chemtrails, flat earth) take hold, and what actual conspiracies (Khashoggi, Gulf of Tonkin, Saudis, Cold War plots) look like. They close by talking about moral progress, secular humanism, and whether society is becoming more rational and tolerant over time.

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