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Existence Bias is a philosophical concept that explains some of the fundamental behaviour of all known conscious beings. How does that relate to AI and do we think AI will prefer to exist? This question is discussed in ep 149 of Truth Unrestricted.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19857000/
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cZPgDKjRXmstfEeAt/three-tricky-biases-human-bias-existence-bias-and-happy-bias#:~:text=Existence%20bias%20would%20influence%20someone%20to%20grant%20more%20value%20to,decreased%20numbers%20of%20sentient%20individuals.
Behind The Bastards - Sam Bankman-Fried
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tDihgEn2k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104692/

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Conspiratorial thinking can happen to anyone. When it happens to the people others rely on to lead them out of the darkness it needs to be criticized with vigour. Here is part 1 of my effort to do this with Matthew Remski. Part 2 of 2.

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Conspiratorial thinking can happen to anyone. When it happens to the people others rely on to lead them out of the darkness it needs to be criticized with vigour. Here is part 1 of my effort to do this with Matthew Remski.

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When Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel created the character of Superman in the 1930s they had a specific vision. Has that vision been maligned for other purposes? Is it possible to view the character through the lens of the reality maligned? We answer these questions in ep 146 of Truth Unrestricted.

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Who and what are the globalists? Why are they talked about so often by people who push conspiracy ideation? And why haven't they provided a list? Does anti-globalism even make any sense? These questions are all answered in ep 145 of Truth Unrestricted.

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Television has changed the world. Has it been for the better or for the worse? Were any of these changes intentional or were they incidental? How has the capitalist marketplace intertwined itself with television? All of these questions are discussed in the 1976 classic film Network.

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On March 19, Pierre Poilievre was a guest on Joe Rogan. The press went wild wwaiting for Poilievre to go full conspiracist and, when he didn't, the press collectively gave him a thumbs up. But was that approval warranted? Did they examine this interview closely enough? Ep 143 of Truth Unrestricted looks at what the media won't show you.

Links
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2024.html
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/kiano-vafaeian-medical-assistance-in-dying
https://www.reddit.com/r/diabetes_t1/comments/1qpvrq3/kiano_vafaeian_case/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/18/23558502/michael-lehrer-dead-als-comedy-kill-tony-obituary-second-city
https://suicideprevention.ca/

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Decision Paranoia describes one of the primary motivations for conspiratorial thinking. Are you afraid of powerful groups controlling your mind or negatively affecting your decisions? Did you believe that wearing masks during Covid was going to be a slippery slope to full obedience to the state? Do you know anyone who did? And where exactly does a "tin foil hat" come into play?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat
https://www.revolutionsf.com/fiction/tissue/

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What would it be like to date a computer? And what would it like to be conscious but yet confined to the inside of a machine? Are we even real? Are our interactions the product of free will or destiny? These themes are explored in the 2013 film Her. Relevant sci fi for our times. Ep 141 of Truth Unrestricted examines how the ideas from the film intersect with the disinformation age.

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What do you think about when you see propaganda? Do you see the same thing that other people see? Come with me as I examine a piece of it now to see if what I see is similar to what you see. Is the WEF a communist front? Does the idea of cooperation between nations disguise the existence of an organized conspiracy to subvert the will of the people in those nations?

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https://www.facebook.com/DSPAYREBAND/
https://www.bandmix.ca/dspayre/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobeccles/2023/01/17/a-whistleblowers-tale-as-told-by-desiree-fixler/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gold_(journalist)