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Michael Shermer

p010 OJ murder evidence clear, but acquitted because LAPD have often been racist and planted false evidence
p014 Type 1 error assuming real when not (false positive), Type 2 error assuming not real (false negative)
p014 in distant past: assume predator, safe, assume no predator, get eaten
p015 ultimate (deep) causes embellished with proximate (immediate) psychological&sociological forces
p016 overlaid with motivated reasoning,
p025 The United States of Paranoia Jesse Walker
p026 A Culture of Conspiracy Michael Barkun at Syracuse University
- event, systemic, and super conspiracy theories
p027 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373879-conspiracies-declassified Brian Dunning
p028 Manichean Machiavellian
p028 Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories Rob Brotherton
p033 Christopher Bader list of government coverup beliefs from 9/11 54% to the moon landing 24%
p033 list includes made-up event "the North Dakota crash" with 33%, indicating foundational distrust in US government
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