It's a new episode of Conspiracy Theory Masterpiece Theatre, a fact that both of us forget to mention at all. You'll catch on fairly quickly, though, since we spend the whole time talking about Kurtis Hagen's 2020 paper "Is Conspiracy Theorizing Really Epistemically Problematic?", itself a reaction to Keith Harris's 2019 paper "What’s Epistemically Wrong with Conspiracy Theorising?" Two philosophers, alike in initials, yet opposed in their views on conspiracy theories - who could have imagined such a thing?

It's been close to 40 years, and the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie remains the deadliest act of terrorism in the UK. It's an event with many conspiratorial angles, which were discussed in a recent series as part of the BBC's "Intrigue" podcast. We take a look at the series and the events it discusses, and barely mention Highlander 2 at all.

Also! M made a game! You can download it for free here: https://horansome.itch.io/prestige

It's been 25 years since the 9/11 attacks, so obviously we're going to talk about AI. Does it pass the Turing Test? Is it conscious? Are there parasitic AI personas inducting their users into the secrets of the universe? What's the correct way to pronounce "ChatGPT"? This episode contains those answers and no others.

You know, we never bother to include references in our episode descriptions, like all the cool podcasts do. Here's a few:

"The Rise of Parasitic AI" by Adele Lopez

"AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed" by Hayden Field

"No Diggity" by Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen