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All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
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How to help a conspiracy theorist: an ex believer and an expert weigh in
So you've got a loved one who's fallen deep down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Are they destined to stay there forever?
Today, we hear from a former conspiracy theorist and a social psychologist on what fuels these beliefs, how likely people are to change their minds, and what you can (and can't) do to help.
Want to listen to more All in the Mind? Check out our episode, The Certainty Myth. -
Stigma, shame and schizophrenia
Over the last couple of weeks, schizophrenia has been appearing in headlines across the country as details of the Bondi Junction attack unfold.
Coverage of mental health conditions, especially one as complex as schizophrenia, can be shrouded in stigma.
So today, we revisit our conversation with journalist Elfy Scott, sharing the one thing her family never spoke about - her mother's schizophrenia.
This episode was first broadcast in April 2023.
If you're looking for what to listen to next, check out our episode ADHD, TikTok, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria — meet Matilda's brain -
"Scarier than killer robots": why your mind isn't ready for AI
The AI revolution is coming. Your mind isn't ready for it.
Cognitive Neuroscientist Joel Pearson walks us through the many ways artificial intelligence is messing — and will mess — with our psychology.
From falling in love with AI to unforgettable deep fakes, we dive into an uncertain future and what you can do to prepare for it.
If you'd like to hear more from Joel, he featured on our episode about intuition called When to trust your gut instinct, and when to ignore it.
And if you want to hear more about artificial intelligence, check out the latest season of Science Friction, Hello AI Overlords. -
Being a human lab rat for 30 years: what happens next
Researchers knew Susannah better than her own parents.
They may have even known her better than herself.
Today, how spending thirty years in a psychological study warped journalist Susannah Breslin's life.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to check out another, take a listen to Trauma, OCD and a PhD. -
The unspoken rules that govern our behaviour
Whether it's shaking hands or which side of the road to drive on, social norms dominate the way we behave.
But when norms change suddenly, you get chaos.
Just ask Sweden.
If you'd like to hear more from today's expert, Matt featured in an episode in 2021 called Neuromarketing — how brands target your brain. Check it out! -
Are animals conscious?
Have you ever looked at your pet and thought, what is going on inside your brain?
Today, we're heading to the World Science Festival Brisbane for All in the Mind live to discuss animal consciousness.
If you enjoyed this episode and are keen to listen to another, check out How our brain chemicals drive our behaviour.
This episode was recorded live at the World Science Festival Brisbane.
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Conspiracy episode 👎
Those who shun conspiracy theorists are displaying their own narcissism “I just want that person back (for me)”. Instead of projecting yourself onto them, the other approach is to engage your friend and actually look at the documented peer-reviewed evidence of the growing failures, corruption and deception of government, intelligence agencies and media. For any compassionate person these dark trends are vital to bring to awareness and enact change upon.
Science spokespeople during covid gaslighted the public into feeling guilt and shame for making the rational point that we have immune systems that easily handle a flu like virus with a 99.9% survival rate, especially if treated with cheap, common and safe antivirals. Though there is no money in that therefore no incentive to affirm non-profitable scientific rigour.
The government enforcement of an experimental vaccine that neither offered immunity nor safety fits the textbook definition of “abusive”. Lives have been destroyed not by a mild virus, but due to government overreach and the desperate ad-dollar funded media promoting a “safe and effective” treatment that was neither safe nor effective. Taxpayers will be paying off the covid debt decades into the future. “I was fine from my jab (therefore everyone else was too)” is pure narcissism and demonstrates low IQ all-or-nothing thinking.
It’s well established that the CIA propagated the term ‘conspiracy theorist’ and that they purposefully promote hoax conspiracies to muddy the waters, distract from the true and evidenced conspiracies and discredit “the conspiracy movement” (there is no movement). All of these proofs are in their own archives open to the public.
The solution to conspiracists is not to “save people” from realising truth according to your own standard of ignorance. It’s to boldly accept what the evidence is indicating, not live in wilful delusion. Vocalise your concern and solutions rationally, politely and hold yourself to a higher standard of intelligent inquiry.
If you’d like to understand how the world really works consider listening to “coffee with Scott adams” podcast and join others who’ve become aware of our societal and institutional deceptions and how to navigate truthfully in this increasingly 1984ish reality.