Two announcements before we begin. I wrote narrated, produced, and recorded a new audio

documentary, a six-part series about the history and the idea of the word genius. I did all

this in the last few weeks. Actually, I did all the work in the last few months, but recorded

it over the last few weeks. And this series explores what that word genius really means,

along with the science of intelligence and interviews with dozens of experts and interviews

with people with extraordinarily high cues as well, including a five-year-old super genius

in the man with the highest IQ ever recorded. You can hear all of that starting on August

3rd over at Himalaya Audio. The other announcement, you are not so smart, live on stage in New

York City on August 13th. I would love for you to join me either by buying a $5 live

streaming ticket or just come in person to caveat in New York City on August 13th Friday

night at 7 p.m. Either way, psychologists Dr. Tessa West, the author of Jerks at Work,

will conduct quizzes to see what kind of jerk you are, what kind of jerk most easily persuades

you in the workplace. I will give a short lecture slash presentation beforehand, which will

also be interactive. And you'll learn how to counteract the behaviors of people who make

works suck more than it should, along with psychology games, revealing your biases, research

into remote working, how to ask for a raise, networking, team building, and more, all insights

from the latest psychology tickets are at caveat.nyc. All right, on with the show.

Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast. Episode 11.

So a lot of the discussion as of late has focused on the conspiracy theories themselves. And

that isn't that interesting. That is Dr. Joseph Yuzinski, one of the world's leading experts

on conspiracy theories. He's a professor of political science at the University of Miami,

where he studies conspiratorial thinking and its impact on society.

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