50% of US adults believe in conspiracy theories

[@melcoats9696]

Hi Brad and Lex. I'm a 57yo white dude who originally found you reacting to some Tool music. I really enjoyed how both of you analyzed the instruments, vocals and lyrics. I was impressed with your natural insights and willingness to be open to many subjects. Then I watched some of your content that didn't involve music and still found you interesting and entertaining, so decided to subscribe. Please keep it going and look forward to more of your content.

[@sleepforever3494]

The creation on the term "conspiracy theorist" is a conspiracy in and of itself.

[@chrismiller4348]

Critical thinking skills come to mind

[@jamesbrucker178]

Brad “someone should write a book” Me screaming! Skeptics Guide to the Universe - Dr Novella Why People Believe Weird Things - Micheal Shermer The Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan Flim Flam - James Randi Bad Astronomy - Phil Platt And podcast, KZbin channels, TikTok streams and more!

[@TheUncleWiggily]

The Flat Earth Society announced it had members all around the globe.

[@totallydougie9386]

lol

[@SightUnveiled]

Flatearth society is controlled opposition. No real flat-earther believes what the flat earth society propagates.

[@lisaprince6996]

😂

[@fuierago]

All the four corners

[@SightUnveiled]

Fe society is controlled opposition. Un place to make the truth look ridiculous

[@pikengren1]

Always question anyone that tells you to question everyone except them.

[@cazory2147]

You don't have to go into space, just go to the ocean. A boat will disappear over the horizon because of the curvature of the ROUND EARTH!

[@TB-xx8vj]

The horizon is not geometric (earth curve). #Black swan!!!

[@TB-xx8vj]

@AnonYmous-yj9ib It uses modus tollens. If p then q not q therefore not p. If the earth is a sphere with a radius of 3,959 miles (p) the distance to the horizon can be no more than 1.23 miles times the square root of the observer's height in feet (q). An observer at 1 foot camera height recorded the horizon being over 10 miles away (not q) therefore earth is not a sphere (not p). Boom.

[@tjjones621]

@@TB-xx8vj All black swans prove the globe. Just look at the map they all use to find them and get the distances. You will ignore it because it destroys everything you've ever said...

[@tjjones621]

@@TB-xx8vj Ahhh, modus tollens. If the FE map is false, then your claim that Earth is flat is also false. You measure 10 miles on the globe map. LOL

[@LarryBonson]

The boat doesn't disappear over curver it just leaves your sight if you have powerful binoculars you can pull it back into view.

[@MySherry10]

LOl if earth was flat , cats would have knocked everything off by now

[@ZalMoxis]

sorry the earth is flat, just not in the way you've been sold....

[@JestRLee]

Another great analogy by Lex... The human body is like a society with good and bad bacteria(people), the good bacteria help the body function and work properly, but when the bad bacteria gets out of control, it can destroy the entire system...

[@erniegutierrez410]

Bad bacteria brings more profits for the industrial prison system

[@JestRLee]

@@erniegutierrez410 ... Or the government just let's them run wild to further denigrate the system, creating the chaos necessary to justifies the need for greater government control...

[@StMichael7]

@@erniegutierrez410I don’t mind if prisons make a profit as long as they protect society from evil people who murder others. Including rapists and pedos

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

Never be a conspiracy theorist, always be a conspiracy analyst. 😉

[@JasonDurham-he7tx]

Your own research is the key ..

[@Peopleofthesun386]

@@JasonDurham-he7tx Sources matter though

[@joelbarish]

@@Peopleofthesun386 Who is saying that sources doesn't matter? You seem very triggered by people questioning authority.

[@Peopleofthesun386]

@@joelbarish How is that getting triggered? try to make sense little guy

[@BM-hb2mr]

90% of those conspiracy theories about the government has turned into truth. Crazy huh

[@Roverbb]

Flat earthers are growing, brains are shrinking

[@raymondrochajr9621]

I agree!

[@MartinBells]

The heart can give you more answers than the mind. In my opinion, she is developing intellectually in the wrong direction.

[@JestRLee]

Whenever authority is granted to one over another, the potential to abuse that authority always exists...

[@drewbryant313]

I watch a LOT of your reaction video and stumbled on this one. Hands down, this is one of the best videos y'all have done.

[@dennygc5874]

When the people who want you to question your gender, get mad at you for questioning what they told you, you're on the road to truth. ❤🔥🍻

[@OneTheBlue]

Who do you think wants people to question their gender?

[@God-mb8wi]

People don't want YOU to question your gender. Rather, these people feel strongly that their assigned gender or sex doesn't align with their internal perception of themselves. They only want you to respect their basic decency. Nothing else. The fact you're in hysterics about this needs to be unpacked. You are not mentally well.

[@dorianleakey]

This makes no sense and connects to irrelevant topics.

[@number1sun]

The truth is anyone can make up a story no matter how silly and as long as you repeat it enough it will soon take on a life of its own and spread like a mind virus. The problem is that people dont have a solid grasp on critical thinking; they rush to believe in highly unlikely things.

[@carlausoff6407]

I am SO EXCITED to see y'all 😅 and Happy birthday Lex and of course you have friends! We've been waiting for you to return for months.

[@dyerstrayts1734]

One thing we can "know" for sure ... we live in a realm of deception ... by design.

[@davidw7]

When I think of Conspiracy Theory.... today it is the TOXIC POLITICS where ones IDEOLOGY and RACE seen as under lessening has the belief rise their is Conspiracy promoting their culture and racial control lessened that has especially lesser educated among us believe Conspiracy Theory from unknown sources that very well can be to ARE coming from outside our Nation TO DIVIDE as a form of WAR Just in no then needing any war with troops.... a war of INTERNET DIVIDERS by Politics doubts, media mongols promoting their ideology and feed a frenzie of IDOLIZING POLITICAL FIGURES who them turn against them and convince their followers to CANCEL THEM. Claiming to NOT BE ESTABLISHMENT. YET THEY ARE BILLIONAIRES AND ALL PART OF THE ELITE CLUB OF NEW AND OLD MONEY. Were part of another Political Party also for years now demonizing anyone who still is. Add the Religious component that God might choose a candidate that can DUPE MANY and not realize their Bible Prophecy teaches to beware that leaders will arise claiming they are as Lambs and Righteous promoting all that is good.... yet their SINS are Great that gets overlooked and ANY BLEMISH AND BREAKING LAWS THEY GET LUV AND CONSPIRACY IS GOV and a OPPOSING SIDE AND GLOBAL ELITE ARE AGAINST THEM as if new. Yet their life showed LOVE OF MONEY, GAMBLING, INFIDELITY many times SUEING to NOT PAY BACK LOANS, BANKRUPTCIES. BACK-STABBING BUSINESS PRACTICES OTHERS TO WIN, yet claim GOT ALL RIGHT and MAKES NO MISTAKES. EVEN LIES ABOUT HIS WEIGHT and MANY BELIEVE IT.... Like the Story... Biblical. of the KING REALLY IN THE END HAD NO CLOTHES ON.... yet others told him he still did because he was KING and RIGHT and it was THEM WHO FOLLOWED A LIE. Hollywood was always labeled yet here we are generations later. Communist label to them and a political Party as if it is the McCarthyism paranoia era of the 1950s. He FELL FAST after doing all his damage then. Only to lead us to the Vietnam Era, Kennedy's assassination then MLK and Bobby Kennedy. All with their own Conspiracy's. Yet here we are GENERATIONS LATER STILL. Fears of Nuclear War was at hand generations ago YET HERE WE ARE. Now WW3 belief at hand A NEW CIVIL WAR OF SORTS...at hand. IDOLIZING A LEADER THAT WILL BE AS A DICTATOR to wave a magic wand to fix it all. Maybe in a couple generations it will again have them say.... AND HERE WE STILL ARE?

[@danquerry3436]

Um. You're not helping.

[@Peopleofthesun386]

Things are far simpler than people make it out to be.

[@kennycouch4091]

​@@Peopleofthesun386only for people who don't want to accept that the world is more devious than we ever imagined

[@Peopleofthesun386]

@@kennycouch4091 Yeah but that does not mean anything unless citation is given. nobody lays examples its all generic and vague

[@cygnusx-3217]

4:09 Life may be like art, but the natural world is measurable. Conclusions can be drawn from these measurements. Don't toss science in the trash can just because others, out of fear or ignorance, have chosen to. Let's not regress to the dark ages.

[@lanzknecht8599]

How to stay grounded? "A wise person drinks from various wells."

[@joejohnson1428]

I'm 69 years old and the government told us all my life that aliens don't exist and I didn't believe them...now they say they do exist and I still don't believe them 😮

[@tommartinez3840]

Just about everything we've been told is a lie. What's real and what's fake?

[@cryptohomy7211]

In reality a high percentage of so called conspiracy "theories" eventually turn out to be actual "conspiracies". Too often those involved in conspiracies label them "theories" as a way to influence the general public from taking them seriously.

[@OneTheBlue]

Can you provide some examples of these conspiracy theories which turned out to be true? I can think of a few, but the real ones tend to be rather small in scope and usually involve only a handful of people.

[@crispusattucks8265]

I envy the unengaged people who go through life never questioning what they’re told. It must be so simple for them.

[@pikengren1]

I miss those days.

[@anitapaulus937]

I haven’t been one of those people since 1980.

[@Joey-zs5vm]

Not hard to think for your self. Take the info, chew it up and spit out the bones. Look around. What do you see?

[@Peopleofthesun386]

There is a difference between questioning and falling for conspiracies though.

[@Peopleofthesun386]

@@Joey-zs5vm To vague,. how do you avoid confirmation bias? by ignoring sources and thinking for yourself only

[@dxcouch]

about the flat earth part...i always felt Musk or Bezos should send prominent Flat earths up into orbit and see what they think

[@mark-be9mq]

I think having conversations has lost its place to having people talk at us. Conversation can create community.

[@richardwright6045]

HAVOK - Prepare for Attack

[@DavideMana]

There is a book! And it's wonderful. "The Demon-Haunted World", by the late Carl Sagan. The tag line is "Science as a candle in the dark" - discusses the whole science, faith, who-to-believe thing, opinion vs fact etc., and gives the basics to be open-minded, but not to the point your brain falls out. Cheers!

[@nagaslrac]

Sagan was my first thought.

[@crispusattucks8265]

Bought the audiobook. Starting it Monday during work. Thanks!

[@Lexy-O]

Sagan’s message is so important. It’s all about learning logic and critical thinking.

[@akshelby33]

Me, too!! It’s a great book.

[@akshelby33]

Michael Shermer’s “Why People Believe Weird Things” is also a really good book.

[@kyleanspach3457]

Flat Earth is so simple to disprove with simple observations of the stars. At the equator the stars 'travel' in a straight line, North or South of the equator they 'travel' in circles. This is simply IMPOSSIBLE on a flat earth.

[@robinjohnston24]

I wouldn’t put too much faith in anything the Daily Mail prints.

[@franksullivan1873]

Or the The New York Times.

[@tomlarsen5525]

Or the Washington Post, or the Huffington Post.

[@BardOfAndromeda]

Or the Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Reuters etc

[@Will-nn6ux]

Out of all those listed, the Daily Mail is the worst. It's such an awful newspaper.

[@Code9]

"Life is like art." I'm stealing that! Thank you!

[@richardjacobs7632]

This planet and beyond are art, huh? I appreciate the beauty I see around me daily! I love these too young folks! I’d be proud to call them my son or daughter!

[@gadsenculpepper4868]

My trick is to observe the information...dont judge it or absorb it. Keep adding to previously received info. Question the motives of the informer and the detractors and never conclude anything as true or false. Let time pass continuing to add to the file. Grow old and never truly. know. Questioning science IS science. The truth will come out eventually.

[@SebDangerfield-yu7cm]

Someone challenged me to find a photograph (a PHOTOGRAPH - not an "image") of Earth from "space". I figured I'd have tens, if not scores (and scores, if not hundreds and even hundreds, if not thousands), within an hour. 🤭 This sent me down a rabbit hole that, apart from my having failed in the task (which transpires to be so arduous as the mythological quest for the Holy Grail), caused me to uncover other evidences (PROOFS, actually) and I now RECOGNISE the world is a level plane. Unless, of course, you can find me so much as a single photograph of Earth, taken from "space". Given the vast number of “space” flights (manned and otherwise) there MUST quite literally be many THOUSANDS, surely….. (SURELY???).🤔😉

[@proud2bamerican]

YES, I love it. Thank you guys. Couchcast Fan 4ever ♥♥♥Just saying. Balanced Thought for an Unbalanced World

[@juliomartinez6621]

Thanks!

[@keether1135]

I’m glad you guys are thinking for yourselves in conversational form. Logic and knowledge are brothers. Keep it up.

[@sharonstark1014]

I hope you guys are staying safe during this hurricane. Its looks bad especially in Clearwater Beach. Sending love and prayers to you guys and Jack.

[@Fnelrbnef]

Easy. You realise most of them arent conspiracy theories, but conspiracies.. 😊

[@OneTheBlue]

What is an example of one of these conspiracies?

[@Fnelrbnef]

Right. The NSA spying on the public, now we know, cudos to one imprisoned Edward Snowden. The Wuhan Lab Leak theory seems more true now than false. Epstein's island, which Alex Jones talked about years ago. The MK Ultra program, the he CIA was testing LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs on Americans. They started by using volunteers, but the program heads started dosing people without their knowledge. It left many victims permanently mentally disabled. John Lennon being under FBI surveillance for his influence and anti-war messaging. Cigarette companies burying information that cigarettes are unhealthy. The Gulf of Tonkin incident on August 2, 1964, which was faked to provoke American support for the Vietnam War. Bohemian Grove, a gathering of influential and rich figures, doing whatever they're doing. It exists though. Also the Word Economic Forum basically tells everyone to their face their ambitions to create a new form of government with digital currency, 20-minute cities etc. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. Operation Mockingbird Cointelpro, FBI distrupting and sabotaging cultural movements in the sixties to counter the growing counterculture. @@OneTheBlue

[@efetherman]

50% is probably high estimate, since 90% of all conspiracies are real.

[@OneTheBlue]

What is the source of that percentage?

[@Christopher-Baltimore]

I think it comes down to maturity: does one have the ability to consider that there are other explanations for things in a responsible way?

[@paulsmith8510]

I am not a flat earther, but I enjoy exploring the idea. What is annoying is the amount of bullying they get by losers who are ao desperate to be smart and condescending. I literally couldn't care less what shape people thing Earth is... who cares?!

[@thewonkyembouchure]

Here's some reasons why I care: 1. **Precise Navigation** 2. **Time Zone Management** 3. **Climate Modeling** 4. **Satellite Deployment** 5. **GPS Functionality** 6. **Astronomical Observations** 7. **Ocean Current Understanding** 8. **Environmental Monitoring** 9. **Solar Energy Mapping** 10. **Cultural Insight** 11. **Historical Exploration** 12. **Educational Resources** 13. **Global Connectivity** 14. **Agricultural Planning** 15. **Disaster Preparedness** 16. **Economic Forecasting** 17. **Space Travel** 18. **Health Research** 19. **Seasonal Analysis** 20. **Wildlife Tracking**

[@paulsmith8510]

@@thewonkyembouchure that doesn't explain why you should care... lol. Also... I am not a flat earther so why are you wasting MY time as well. No one cares.

[@thewonkyembouchure]

@@paulsmith8510 Inference clearly isn't everyone's forte. Some, it seems, prefer to be spoon-fed. Oh well...

[@johncloptop1585]

You guys are on the right path.

[@Icecastle12]

your crazy these two are just talking, they think there is billions of planets with little green men..I bet you fell for the moon landing India just did LMAO

[@Tommysimonsen]

@@Icecastle12 Poe`s law in effect.

[@jato2942]

@@Icecastle12So you indirectly call other people naive and dumb yet you believe India reaching the moon is fake. Funny how that works.

[@bradcolorado8149]

What's really woken me up is the endless war profiteering. Most people have given up questioning it

[@marylynstarr5281]

@@jato2942 you fall for that India moon landing I guess I can see why you mite have been called dumb!!

[@atlrts]

How do you know who your daddy is? Because your mama told you so? What if she's lying? We can go on and on with all the what if's and give comfort to the flat earthers. I've personally traveled the world 5 continents and never fell over the edge of the earth.

[@dave9732]

Best advice is to look at both sides of any theory or argument and figure out which one makes more sense. I think what happens too often is people don’t question things enough. Question even those you support. Make intelligent decisions based on as much info as possible, on important topics. Unfortunately there are people all over who benefit from misinformation. You have to really pay attention. It’s not easy. We all get fooled at times

[@tjjones621]

Applying that to the FE topic, both sides use the exact same globe map of Earth to navigate. Therefore, there really isn't two sides. Just sensible people and gullible people.

[@dave9732]

My point, essentially, is that we should always be open to listen to others, regardless how crazy it sounds. Doesn't mean we have to agree with them, but we should always be open to listen to other theories and such.@@tjjones621

[@Sough]

Helpful to always remember that extraordinary claims call for extraordinary evidence.

[@nillehessy]

wassa matter with you aye madonna!! don´t papagaay after some guy do yr own research no curvature - no meatballls capice!! u go to di google search and download a decent - earth curvature calculator - somethinga like u wondering of how much of di curvature 4 distantionne of 30 miles then type in 30 miles and push enter = about 300 ft or 100 mtr curvature-fall in curve down over 30 miles span curvature downwards always downwards on a ball no matter where u stand facing what direction up or down always downwards on a ball is clear as a icecube yes example on a clear bright day go to sea the beach on boat to sea or big lake or long flat plains take binoculars with u look into it find a reference point / target whatev target a lighthouse a flat a ship a building a landmark see with yr own eyes and look straight at that point at 30 miles distance or even further u understand this totaal impossiball if u really would stand on a ball with 100 meter curvature going downwards over 30 miles distance capice? aye madonna!! no curvature - no meatballls

[@kennycouch4091]

There's an old saying that still rings true today. Follow the money. No matter what decade we live in, greedy rich people will always be greedy rich people and have many of the same base motivations. Ever wonder why they try to audit the Pentagon and we can never find where the money is or where it was spent? You have to essentially be a private investigator to find who financially supports each politician. They don't make it easy to find and there's a good reason for that. Food for thought 🤔

[@emmaincalico]

You don't need an investigator. You just need to check what that politician says and does.

[@kennycouch4091]

​@@emmaincalicomore what they do than what they say, I think. They'll say anything and they'll never give up incriminating information.

[@thecal169]

"...then you will know the truth , and the truth shall set you free " - John 8:32 " I am the way, the truth and the life" - John 14:6

[@rossmacintosh5652]

Part of being human is relying on narratives to make sense of the world. Those narratives can be factual or mythical. In a culture, most members share a similar set of narratives. Different cultures have different stories that shape what their members commonly think. Within a culture there's still lots of variation and many individuals are drawn to contrarian narratives. The cults & conspiracies gain traction from that crowd. Within those contrarian narratives individuals can find a community to belong. That deep need for belonging & community is another trait of being human. However when our communities are too big we feel insignificant. To avoid being just a small insignificant cog in a huge machine many seek out other communities that make them feel special. Religions do that, so do cults, political movements, and joining other followers of a particular conspiracy. Believing their narratives can satisfy that need to make sense of the world. It saves us from questioning by providing us all the "answers". In what I'm saying, the flat earth folks, the religious zealots, conspiracy theorists, and followers of dogmatic political movements all are finding something otherwise missing from their lives. They're finding something that makes them feel special.

[@timothyirwin8974]

Free will is an illusion.

[@dorianleakey]

kind of,

[@danielbritton8588]

Lex can call up Art Bell, "Midnight in the Desert" radio programs on youtube. One show Art had a flat Earther debate with a physicist. It was excruciating. Art had other shows also starting with years of Coast to Coast. Then Dark Matter off Sirius & also Dreamland. Art bell is one of a kind. It's all radio shows of weird stuff.

[@randybaker6042]

I raised children and I never cared what any teacher told them that had anything to do with opinion. I taught my children to always seek out the best argument against whatever view they were attracted to. I taught my children to practice the same thing all good lawyers and debaters practice. Seek out and know the best possible argument against your position. Go ahead and tell my children whatever you like. Good luck.

[@autisticberserker1807]

Schools are capitalism factories, even colleges. Except for the liberal arts. Almost every class is designed to get you to be a good worker in a capitalist society. Some, in the liberal arts fields, challenge that.

[@RobertMichaelStewart]

These days the teachers are having kids memorize lies.... They reiterate falsehoods.

[@OneTheBlue]

Such as what?

[@RobertMichaelStewart]

How about telling our children they can be something other than male or female

[@OneTheBlue]

​@@RobertMichaelStewart This is not as common as right-wing media would have you believe. Most kids who hold such ideology got it from the Internet, or from their peers. They didn't get it from a teacher.

[@vdoggydogg3922]

@@OneTheBlue If one teacher says it it is too common.

[@OneTheBlue]

And if one teacher did say it, it would be condemned by their fellow teachers, and they would be disciplined. You need to understand that right-wing media lies to you so as to trick you into voting against your best interests. @@vdoggydogg3922

[@xOriginalGamerOG76x]

My favourite conspiracy theory is the lone gunman one. You know when Oswald ordered the presidents security detail off the presidents Lincoln. So he could shoot him in the right hand side of his head from behind.

[@williejohnson5172]

I don't think people have really every sat down and actually come to grips with that Zapruder film. I know I didn't. The Secret service never rushes to protect Kennedy. One actually makes Jackie stay in the vehicle as JFK is getting shot while the two agents in the front seat drive the car. Stop it. Let whoever finish the job. And then they drive off, never once looking back behind them to see what was going on. As a scientist the pristine bullet pretty much sealed it for me. Absolutely physically impossible for that lone bullet to have done the damage it did and remain un-deformed. Mind you though. These are conclusions I came to far into my adulthood after I had acquired some facility in actually performing scientific experiments. Until then I was just like all the other naive believers in the official version. That's why I don't chastise people who cling so tenaciously to official versions of events. They have been trained to do so all their lives.

[@xOriginalGamerOG76x]

@@williejohnson5172 I sure would like to know who gave the order for them to stand down as they turned into Elm Street.

[@xOriginalGamerOG76x]

@@williejohnson5172 A really great channel for this subject is America's untold stories. Eye opening.

[@JennaLeeEquals3]

@@williejohnson5172shot by the driver who was CIA. See Bill Cooper (author of Behold A Pale Horse), he posted original clips he found from someone who taped it then. You can clearly see the driver turn around & shoot him.

[@rx7dude2006]

People tend to make up conspiracy theories because they can't grasp that horrible things just occur without some deeper reason.People who are scared of the randomness of life tend to make up reasons that their mind can comprehend.Also a lot are people who are paranoid of the higher ups believing they are controlling your lives.

[@jessecortez9449]

Conversely, people tend to ignore/disregard conspiracy theories because they can't grasp that horrible things happen with intention. Example; Jimmy Savile in England sexually abused children for decades. He abused mentally handicapped children, physically disabled children in hospital that he would visit as charity events, he had access to the morgue to have sex with recently deceased, he had a private apartment on hospital grounds to help facilitate his activities. A few victims spoke out but they got ignored because Savile was a "national treasure" since he was beloved tv performer and he had direct connections to the royal family being the marriage counselor for Prince Charles and Princess Diana (Diana also eluded to his predatory nature but was ignored). Most of this didn't make mass public awareness until just after his death so he escaped consequences. People who are scared of the calculated nature of evil tend to make up reasons to turn a willful blind eye. Higher ups wouldn't be higher ups if they weren't controlling things. One cam hope they are doing so for their benefit but once someone gets high enough the individual they claim to serve becomes an abstraction that dehumanizes the individual.

[@rx7dude2006]

@@jessecortez9449 it’s not a theory if it’s been proven ultimately.Was the case you mentioned before it was proven to have a theory if it happening?That case was very plausible as most conspiracy theories are far to complex to actually be logical.

[@gary6754]

@@rx7dude2006 - gibberish

[@joelwatts5260]

Who gets to decide what is a conspiracy theory, and what is disinformation?

[@janster3000]

Face it, there are still people on this planet who cannot think independently. They have to be told what to believe. They're called Sheep. Always question authority! Lex, hope you can return to doing reactions soon. Brad needs you to keep him in line.

[@johndrx165]

"Sheep" is a trigger word. Most "sheep" are not evil. It is the righteous you have to watch out for.

[@smw4628]

And there are many more that don't think logically and instead believe every conspiracy theory with zero proof. Now they are the sheep.

[@JasonDurham-he7tx]

I do my own research

[@smw4628]

Do you have a T-Shirt that says this?@@JasonDurham-he7tx

[@Peopleofthesun386]

@@JasonDurham-he7tx How do you avoid confirmation bias?

[@robertdupuis3300]

Smart girl. I would have loved to be part of that conversation. This is stuff that interests me to the core.

[@Adam-g-uk]

There was once a time where everyone laughed at people for saying the earth was round, they had to convince people it was round!

[@felderup]

that was a long time ago though, hundreds of years bce, it quickly became common knowledge, what really got people freaked was the earth not being the centre of the universe.

[@danquerry3436]

But... in the second millennium, it really shouldn't be necessary to do it all again.

[@AEDan71]

I'm still laughing. 😂

[@Adam-g-uk]

@@felderup did it become common knowledge though? I dont know whqt shape the earth is and we only have a handful of people who have supposedly seen it with their own eyes!

[@danquerry3436]

@@Adam-g-uk Lotta global navigation has gone on since the fifteenth century.

[@beatmet2355]

The most important thing in a conspiracy is to deny there is one

[@CLanzetta1970-]

Love you guys! ❤❤❤❤

[@BradAndLex]

❤️❤️❤️

[@pt3ccoding342]

We have to stop those flat earth liars. We have to protect our Kids from those Individuens. Let them do an suborbital flight and they are done... Earning Money with lying to people has to be charged....

[@donaldchapman4312]

I’ve found if you aren’t allowed to question something, then there must be at least some truth to it. Otherwise, you should be able to provide evidence and facts disproving it. There are many things, especially in recent history, that have been peddled as conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. In turn, my trust of media and government has diminished significantly. While I don’t believe everything I hear, I think it is important to keep an open mind and use critical thinking skills to form an opinion.

[@jimmiller8687]

what are you not allowed to question?

[@donaldchapman4312]

@@jimmiller8687 Things that would have my comment shadow banned by YT. I have a feeling you're trying to bait me, but just as an example: Hunter's laptop was labeled as Russian disinformation and a conspiracy theory by media and government, obviously that was not the case. I could list a slew of other things, but you would never see this comment.

[@tjjones621]

So, what's your take on the shape of Earth?

[@jimmiller8687]

@@tjjones621 I dont have a "take" on proven science. The Earth is an oblate sphere. Takes are for sports pundits and kids.

[@donaldchapman4312]

​@@tjjones621 Well, I personally believe the Earth is round. I’ve heard some of the arguments from flat earthers but never really delved into the math/equations or their relativity. I personally find societal issues more pressing at the current time. Out of sheer curiosity, can you see a comment of me replying to jimmiller or is it hidden?

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Occam's Rule is a great help against conspiracy theories.

[@Lexy-O]

More commonly known as Occam’s Razor

[@coloradochris3952]

Research works way better. Before all the censorship it was easy to find the truth about 9leven, Boston, Newtown, JFK etc

[@ceetruth7419]

They’re not conspiracies… they are proven facts! Also we do live in a dome!

[@OneTheBlue]

If you are not just trolling, an example of what you mean would be helpful.

[@dorianleakey]

Not a single peice of evidence,

[@nitegoat1369]

My best, and favorite teacher, was my 9th Grade English Teacher - Mr. Grieves. He was feared by students, because he was a hard-ass. The first day of class, he handed out a syllabus, and told the class that if you follow this syllabus, you will have no problem passing his class. He went on to say that he was hard, but fair. I put in the work, got to understand and know him, and I got an ‘A’ in his class. During study time, he would play the Dead Kennedys, on one of those old school AV record players. He said that is was good music to listen to while lifting weights. I believe he went on to become a Catholic priest. I went to Catholic schools, for the majority of my schooling. I was a terrible student, because I was not challenged by my schoolwork, except for Mr. Grieves’s English Class. This was 1985-1986.

[@avafury4584]

Think critically. Some conspiracy theories are true and some aren't. Sometimes the truth gets muddied in the waters as people begin to conflate and distort the evidence. Be a thinker, not a follower. Many conspiracy theories are true and many are not. Think about human nature and what is most likely but you also have to remember how evil and vile some people can be. People with money can be shockingly evil and do things that most normal people will not. Especially when large amounts of money is involved.

[@thediaz07]

"the art of staying grounded"... Awesome 👍😎!

[@aftonair]

Yes!

[@johnkent9582]

The saddest thing to me as I really started paying attention is my loss of faith in any science, any doctor, any dentist, some from direct experience and some from observation the last several years.

[@OneTheBlue]

The great thing though, is that science does not require faith. Just learn how the process works, and then you can evaluate if it is being applied or not.

[@the-DMZ-guy]

Bible has over 40 verses of flat earth.

[@loupi4bama]

Become "pattern recognition specialists"

[@glassontherocks]

51 Government expert specialists said that Hunter's lap top was Russian Disinformation. What's a conspiracy theory again?

[@richardwashington8219]

Thanks!

[@user-ot1eb6mt4k]

Getting a good education would alleviate most of the ignorance being spread.

[@jernejulcar8325]

I would actually say the opposite. Correction: High education without critical thinking skills is probably the most dangerous combination.

[@gadsenculpepper4868]

Indoctrination lol

[@jernejulcar8325]

Yep.

[@lesmowatt3563]

10% of Americans think the earth is flat.... 7% of Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows

[@LarryBonson]

I think more than 10% believe.

[@jato2942]

The thing with conspiracy theories is that it offers a much more interesting and mysterious telling of whatever subject. And simple people are drawn to that. Reality is far less malicious and more boring, and people usually don’t enjoy reading the hard data. People rather listen to a cool figure put the pieces together for them, rather than think critically themselves. That’s why logical people usually don’t fall for conspiracies the same way.

[@annother3350]

You're not keeping up to date. Most conspiracy theories these days are turning out to be conspiracy facts a year or so later

[@avafury4584]

"Reality is far less malicious" Not from what we are finding. It's much easier though to put your head under a pillow and pretend the world is a nice, lovely place. I get it.

[@jato2942]

@@avafury4584 Less malicious than whatever hypothetical conspiracy doesn’t mean not malicious at all Mr big brain…

[@annother3350]

@@jato2942 No, reality is far more malicious than you could imagine. There are trafficked kids all over the world being rented for gratuitous sex multiple times a day FFS

[@jato2942]

@@jimweir6500 That’s one way of showing that I’m right and you have zero counter arguments I guess

[@traog]

When I was a child I thought of things like math as being memory work, which I'm not good at and after cramming memory work it is forgotten after the test. Later in life back in school there was math work, I decided to not try memorise anything, I put my effort into understanding the subject, with understanding memory isn't needed.

[@louielouie22]

Easy, don't believe high school drop outs when they tell you what they heard on FOX news😂

[@coloradochris3952]

The mainstream media is where idiots go to get brainwashed and distracted. It's like a modern religion

[@OW79]

First problem: you read daily mail

[@callfourzero1931]

Thank you for questioning TV, and grammar school narrative, and DC. Anyone can buy an $800 super zoom camera to test flat water. 95% narrative ball curve simply isn't there.

[@jato2942]

You do realize we proved the earth being a sphere hundreds of years ago right?

[@MrNathansdad]

​@@jato2942even further. 300 years BC they'd calculated the size of the spiritual earth. It's all just maths 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@callfourzero1931]

@@jato2942 with super zoom cameras recording flat water or real images recorded from above 120,000' in the 1500's?

[@jato2942]

@@callfourzero1931 You do realize there are others ways of calculating it right?

[@callfourzero1931]

@@jato2942 yes, an inexpensive mirror glint test across a lake.

[@z0n0ph0ne]

Greetings from Scotland. Good to see you back! Your new comments are great. Maybe a new way to react to the world is the way to go, afetr all, it isnt ALL music. At least this way you dont get sued!

[@brettsepulveda2994]

Aliens in my opinion are fallen Angels.

[@findyourgypsy8876]

If you're truly grounded, you will believe some things that others call conspiracy (because they lack critical thinking skills). Sadly, the longer you live, the more you know, the lonelier you become.

[@michaelginnis521]

I assume everybody is lying to me these days until proven otherwise

[@Lexy-O]

But if you didn’t know math and someone told you 2+2=4 you would assume it’s false

[@michaelginnis521]

@@Lexy-O I think I learned that form of math when I was 5 years old, and at 5 I believed everything , even santa and the tooth fairy

[@Lexy-O]

@@michaelginnis521 I definitely agree with your point that basic math doesn’t make you a Santa expert

[@RanchHanded]

Nice to hear you all talking about ideas that came from within. Found it very interesting, even if answers aren't easy to come by. A new dimension to see of you two. I think for me, feeling like something is "real" or not comes down to whether truth makes more rational sense than the conspiracy. You don't know it's real, but equally, you don't know it's not. So then, does it make sense that, say, thousands of strangers have somehow collaborated on an elaborate, sometimes multi-generational fib and everyone's managed to keep the secret? That's where conspiracy theories usually break down for me. The existence of a "they" is pretty hard to fathom, once you start analysing many stories. Also, there's the story of the three blind men and the elephant. Each reaches out and finds a different (family friendly) part of the elephant. The trunk, a leg, the tail. Their descriptions are completely different even though they're are describing the same animal. I reckon there's a good chance religion is like that. You can be right, to the best of your ability... yet, you aren't necessarily the only one who's right.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

First step: learn some facts about the world. After that, well, there are no guarantees

[@glassontherocks]

48 hr smell test. Most bullshit is exposed within that time. Don't watch cable TV and it all goes away. Research carefully.

[@zipahdeedoodah]

"I think bigfoot really is blurry, its not the photographers fault.." mitch hedberg

[@metalmark1214]

How not to fall for conspiracies. - Have intelligence and learn discernment. Not that hard.

[@jaywillingham4085]

Lmao ! So "discerning intelligence" means going alon with whatever you are told? How ironically unintelligent.

[@zerosteel0123]

To just dismiss anything that's considered a "conspiracy" because it's labeled a conspiracy is not using your intelligence at all. You have to discern what is likely and combine it with available information and oftentimes human nature.

[@jato2942]

@@jaywillingham4085Do you know how quoting works?

[@corkydukeII5898]

The 'authorites' are not stupid. They know how to discredit opposing views that might be a threat to their narrative. It works.

[@metalmark1214]

@@jaywillingham4085 I guess you don't know what discernment is. How sad for you.

[@JefferySwan-sg2wv]

My old lady thinks it's flat. I was like" are you f'kin serious...lol...c'mon

[@BradAndLex]

😅😅😅 please ask her why

[@JefferySwan-sg2wv]

@@BradAndLex you know I should...hmm...no can't go there..lol✌️

[@srt8rocketship241]

Allota naive people out there. The TV is not always the best information source. But the internet...? Ooh , can be dangerous in more ways than one.

[@coloradochris3952]

TV is mind control: you are told what to think and not to question the source. The internet has all sides of the story and people must sift thru it all to determine the truth for themselves but most people are too stupid/lazy to accomplish that

[@porkysnature]

Find old history books, before 1900. Very interesting. Now with computers too easy to rewrite or revise history. Old photos show such beautiful cities and buildings in the past. Jarid Boosters has some history and old photos videos. Michelle Gibson digs up history, & Question the Narrative, or the chronologist Jason Breshears, a bit extreme, but interesting. I don't believe everything, but I appreciate 'goin' fishin.' good discussions, thanks

[@capamericasur5612]

cool content shift. we like you both and we like the way you think so I think it is going to work. congrats.

[@aftonair]

Agreed.

[@maryl1785]

Being on top of crime doesn't equal more punishment. There is a myriad of reasons for crime -- economics, social economics, mental health, entitlement, snd so much more.

[@bigjohn860]

Conspiracy is dictated by your ruler, Like in the movie Wizard of OZ, if you question anything, the ruler puts out the Mocking Bird news to ridicule you as Conspiracy Theorist, If you don't want to fall to Conspiracy Theories, Do what you are told.

[@anamarisa2800]

they control both sides. they create flat earth channels and try to associate that bs to conservatives, then they mock those flat earthers on tv to make the majority believe conservatives are stupid

[@Stormcrow1313]

Buy a telescope, look up into that beautiful night sky. EVERYTHING that's considered a planet , moon or star are spherical. There are NO disk. If we were on a disk, No satellite would be able to remain in orbit. On a disk, gravity would pull everything to the center of the disk. On a disk, it would be daytime all over the disk at the same time. Being open minded is good, just don't open it up so much that your brain falls out. 🖖 The careful application of logic to any theory will never steer you wrong. Remove what is impossible and whatever is left, no matter how "improbable ", is the truth. Rock on guys. 🤘

[@100ah3]

Ur gov is curupt 😂end off! 😮😂

[@mark-dietz]

I stumbled upon this channel because of your Del Shannon reaction video. Apparently you two go a little deeper than bopping to music. Very enjoyable and unique channel.

[@BradAndLex]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@tropicaussie4572]

I read that up to 40 percent of Americans are fundamentalist Christians that still believe the biblical nonsense of Adam and Eve , and Noah's Ark 😂😂😂😂

[@Touchpadse]

Ok 3 really easy steps to prove the earth isn't flat: 1. Watch a boat go over the horizon. The reason the boat/ship disappears from the bottom up is because the earth is round. 2. Get yourself a transparent tube shaped as a U. Fill the tube with water, enough so that there is water in each of the pipes going up from the bottom (I'm not native English speaker so my explanation might sound weird, sorry). Bring the tube (with the water in it, or fill it as you arrive) up a mountain or a hill, the higher the better. Now lift the tube so that the water surface in each side of the U is at eye level. If you do this and the horizon is at eye level as well (assuming you're on a mountain) the earth would be flat, if the horizon however is below eye level the earth is round. 3. Ask a friend to bring a light to one side of a lake, place a board with a hole at a predetermined height in a boat in the middle of the lake. Place yourself on the other side of the lake. Now tell your friend to hold the light at the same height as the hole you made. If you can see the light through the board at that height the earth is flat, however your friend needs to hold the light higher or you need to look from a higher vantage point. Then the earth is round. The fact that people still believe that the earth is flat is sad and scary to me...

[@tjjones621]

I like no. 4... get the flatearther to show you the map he uses to navigate Earth. For some reason, they don't want to show it. LOL

[@Touchpadse]

@@tjjones621 I have yet to get an answer to the question "what happens to the sun during the night?"

[@tjjones621]

@@Touchpadse They haven't tried the old "perspective" baloney on you yet??? LOL

[@Touchpadse]

@@tjjones621 sure they have but they never seem to be able to respond (more than "cgi!!!!!") when you show a 24h time laps of the sun from the southern hemosphere

[@zerosteel0123]

I think some conspiracies are right and some aren't. Flat earth is definitely an aren't. 🙂

[@ravenward626]

Wow, you folks are hitting all kinds of good points. I have two points to add in case anyone reads comments. The first has to do with flat earthers, the second to do with ancient Greece. The first to show a way the flat earth conspiracy was perpetuated, and the second shows a link to the past to show that we are dealing with a very old problem. When I was in high school I had a physics teacher who was a flat earther. He told me that he didn't actually believe it was flat, but he belong to a club who practiced rhetoric and one of their challenges was to convince someone of something that is clearly false. The falsehood he practiced with was to convince people that the world is flat. Back in ancient Greece we had a form of early direct democracy, convincing people to do stuff became very important to getting things done. Being able to manipulate/influence people with oration became a valuable skill. The folks who went around teaching people who to do this were frequently called "sophists" folks who are less interest in discovering truth as much as encouraging people to act, sometimes against their own interests. The politically partisan commentators these days are essentially modern sophists profiting from pushing specific views.