2025-04-02

  • Ben Shapiro uses QED to identify red-flags of the pathological conspiracy-theorist.
  • Q is for fake Questions.
    • A fake question is typically loaded.
    • Did suspect benefit?
    • The fact that someone benefitted from a happening is not evidence for that one's advocating for or doing the happening.
    • Asking if disproof of X exists.
  • E is for fake Evidence.
    • Redacted documents.
    • Correlation instead of causation.
    • Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
    • Appeal to authority.
    • Overestimating coordination.
  • D is for fake Defense.
    • Non-falsifiability.