Interview with Mick West: UFOs, Aliens, and Conspiracy Psychology
Decoding the Gurus
Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2023
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
UFOs are all the rage now, and it's certainly a topic that excites many of our gurus *cough* <Eric Weinstein>. Hidden mysteries, advanced technologies, conspiracies, and government cover-ups. What's not to like!?
The truth, as Mulder so eloquently put it, is out there. And sometimes if you combine the outcome of some posterior technical analysis with some basic priors about the fallibility of human perception and memory, then the truth might be a little prosaic (happy Bayesians!!?).
Joining us today is the esteemed Mick West, retired video game developer, who has a long track record of investigating UFO footage, along with a range of other outré phenomena. Mick is admirably positioned to provide practical advice on how to apply critical thinking while being empathetic to friends and family who may have fallen down one or more conspiratorial rabbit holes.
Chris and Matt enjoyed the conversation with Mick a lot, and we think you will too!
Links
- An example of Eric's UFO Tapdance
- Lex's Reddit thread for the Matthew McConaughey Episode
- Mick West's Book: Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
- Theories of Everything Channel: Eric Weinstein and Mick West: UAPs, Evidence, Skepticism
Other Links
- Our Patreon
- Contact us via email: [email protected]
- The DTG Subreddit
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're going to. So, Hello and welcome to Decoding the Guru's the podcast where an anthropologist |
| 0:29.6 | and a psychologist listen to the greatest minds the world has to offer and we try to understand what they're talking about |
| 0:34.5 | on my brown and with me is my junior co-host younger less senior in other respects as well |
| 0:41.6 | Chris Kavanaugh. |
| 0:43.0 | How you doing Chris? |
| 0:44.0 | Hi Doho! |
| 0:45.0 | How you doing, lad? |
| 0:48.0 | I'm just trying out different things. |
| 0:50.0 | I don't really like that one. |
| 0:52.0 | I'll come up with a better one next time. |
| 0:54.0 | Yeah, that one wasn't great. That was from South Park. |
| 0:58.0 | The, uh... Oh, wasn't it? It's the poo. The little toilet. |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah, yeah. he does do that. |
| 1:03.0 | That wasn't there I was going for. |
| 1:05.0 | But I will tell you that, you know, we're going to do the coding of Matthew McConaughey, |
| 1:10.0 | but he recently just went on Lex's podcast and I've been listening to a bit of it and oh God |
| 1:17.0 | It's just like if you ever wanted to hear like endless vapid truisms spun through a Texas drawl, like McConaughey is your man. |
| 1:29.6 | And it's quite impressive. |
| 1:32.8 | He's such a good actor. |
| 1:34.4 | I know I was going to say that. |
| 1:35.6 | It's such a shame that I want to go back to the time when I just thought of him |
| 1:40.2 | as a good actor that I enjoyed. |
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