How Do We Know Who to Believe for What Now?

When we ask ourselves how people would even begin to conceive and believe in conspiracy theories and hoaxes during a critical time such as this pandemic, we find that it is so much more than just an issue of how we access and process information, as many would believe. Evidently, world leaders around the world are also engaging in wild narratives surrounding COVID-19. In this episode, we attempt to go to the root of it, by asking how our reasoning works to find truth. We venture into a discussion like never before with Indonesian philosopher, Dr. Haryatmoko, and epistemologist, Dr. Diana Popescu from King’s College London. Book references mentioned by our guests: Karl Popper: Objective Knowledge | Simone Weill: Oppression and Liberty | Albert Camus: La Pest/ SamparAll music in this episode are licensed: The Horizon - Eill | Lands of Soho - Oton | Charon - Yehezkiel Raz | Mir'am - Panth Lab | Sequoia - Biba Dupont  | Sun Dance - Chelsea McCough This episode is produced by Tanita and Shawn Corrigan, edited by Rizki, research by veronica, and visual design by Daniel. | Read the text version of this episode: www.indonesiaindepth.com or through Shawn’s LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-corrigan/ | Send us your feedback! Email: [email protected]  | Twitter: @IndoIndepth | We are also available on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Music and other podcast players!