325 - Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda, and Conspiracies, with Ami Palmer - a podcast by Stephan Kesting

Ami Palmer is a wrestler, judoka, and an adjunct professor of philosophy at Ohio Northern University.  The topics he researches include how widespread conspiracism and science denialism affect democratic policy making. I was thrilled to have him on the podcast and I think it's a very important conversation!

 

00:51 - Introduction

02:17 - Wrestling, judo and philosophy

11:15 - Why the BJJ community is so prone to conspiracy theories

20:17 - When is it rational to defer to an expert, and how do you know who to defer to?

32:22 - How do people discern claims from different experts

34:53 - The Great Barrington declaration

38:48 - Commonly used propaganda tools and how to recognise them

48:34 - Brandolini's bullshit asymmetry principle

57:15 - Conspiracies in social media

1:03:19 - The university environment post Covid

11:09:44 - Difference between vaccine refusers and vaccine hesitants

1:11:28 - Training pods

1:16:47 - How to get in touch with Ami