How to think clearly about conspiracies starts with admitting you're not immune to them. Lee Kuhnle and Nathan Radke, longtime co-teachers and now co-authors of Uncover Up, walk through the moral panic that fooled Lee himself when his daughter came home terrified over the Momo challenge hoax.
Belief comes from emotion first, according to Nathan Radke, with the reasoning built afterward to justify it. That idea shapes the entire book, built from fifteen years of teaching a course students got pulled into without realizing they were learning to spot disinformation.
The hardest part isn't spotting a bad idea from a stranger. It's knowing what to say to someone you love who's already convinced. Lee Kuhnle and Nathan Radke offer a way to stay in the conversation instead of walking away from it.
Topics: conspiracy theories, critical thinking, misinformation, moral panic, Momo challenge
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