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On today's episode, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Pierre returns to the podcast to discuss his new book "False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True." We explore how confirmation bias has been put on steroids, the democratization of influence in the online world, whether it has made us less or more informed, and whether the excessive consumption of conspiracy theories should be thought of as an addiction disorder.

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Dr. Joseph Pierre Twitter/Website

• Joe Pierre, MD - psychunseen.bsky.social (@psychunseen) / X (twitter.com)
• Joe Pierre, MD (drjoepierre.com)

Dr. Joseph Pierre's Book/Literature Review

• Amazon.com: False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True: 9780197765272: Pierre MD, Joe: Books
• Conspiracy Theory Belief: A Sane Response to an Insane World? | Review of Philosophy and Psychology

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