*VIDEO* Penn & Teller: Are Conspiracy Theories Bulls**t?

by Austin Petersen

Screen Shot 2013-01-13 at 4.51.49 PM “Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep…” -Buffalo Springfield

Penn and Teller have a video out that debunks most major conspiracy theories. In their Emmy award winning show “Bullsh**” that aired for eight seasons they go into detail about how conspiracy theorists fail to critically analyze facts surrounding the major events throughout history. At a time when when paranoia runs rampant on the Internet, their debunking of events like the supposed moon landing hoax and the JFK assassination is a much needed shot in the arm for reason and rationality in todays debate.

While conspiracy theorists often use factual data points to support their wild theories, they seem unable to differentiate between the fact that one piece of evidence doesn’t prove a grand overarching theory. Governments around the world often engage in secret criminal activity, however as most governments are inept they can rarely keep those secrets for long (e.g. Watergate). And other conspiracies are blatant and out in the open such as the conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln and Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The trick to not being fooled by conspiracy theories is to consistently apply the theory of Occam’s Razor which states that the simplest explanation for some phenomenon is more likely to be accurate than more complicated explanations. After all, is it more likely that George W. Bush was a criminal mastermind behind 9/11, or that he and his heads of state blundered the intelligence that showed for years that Bin Laden was determined to attack the United States?

I’ll let you be the judge after you watch the video below.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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