Rogan promoted the conspiracy theory that Epps was an “agent provocateur” for the feds, a baseless claim that has led to a defamation suit against Fox News.

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    2211 months ago

    Look up the Dunning Kruger Effect.

    The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias[2] whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a type of task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge.

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      I think it’s less that and more he found out a profitable base and pandered to it. He’s not an idiot he has a great PR team it’s how a b list star from news radio and bad comedian managed to get and keep attention and make iirc hundreds of millions at this point.