The Science of Conspiracy Theories And Political Polarization With Eric Oliver Big Brains

The “birthers”, “Pizzagate”, anti-vaxxers. Since the election of Donald Trump, it’s seemed that belief in conspiracy theories is on the rise. At the same time, our polarization is worse than ever. Could the underlying force driving conspiracy theories also be the same one that’s dividing our country?

UChicago Professor Eric Oliver explains that deeper than red or blue, liberal or conservative, we’re actually divided by intuitionists and rationalists.