The Conspiracy Hypothesis
This video outlines a skeptical challenge raised by conspiracy hypotheses, based on Alex Worsnip's article "The skeptic and the climate change skeptic"
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0:00 - Introduction
0:28 - Philosophical skepticism
2:52 - Climate skepticism
Ruling out conspiracy?
11:33 - Assessing scientific evidence
15:06 - Rarity of scientific conspiracies
22:38 - Variety of skeptical hypotheses
Traditional responses to skepticism
28:36 - Self-defeat
30:00 - Moorean arguments
34:16 - Inference to the best explanation