# Science Explains How Trump Got Elected

An episode of [Politics Is Broken](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1730993828), 1 Mar 2026, 48 min.

Audio: https://content.rss.com/episodes/311564/2589445/podcast-is-broken/2026_02_28_16_44_46_d1535f07-b8ce-4f40-bf6f-9afc7619bead.mp3

Science says we’re getting dimmer…and politics is sprinting to the cognitive bottom. In this episode of Politics Is Broken, Stewart (Brittlestar) and Lisa unpack the Reverse Flynn Effect (yes, it’s a real thing) and why critical thinking has been quietly leaving the group chat since the mid-’90s. We dig into “cognitive offloading” (Google, GPS, AI doing our thinking for us), the flood-the-zone strategy that keeps everyone overwhelmed, and how a world full of exhausted, distracted people becomes the perfect environment for bad ideas to look like leadership. Along the way: Sharpie hurricanes, disinfectant “solutions,” conspiracy nonsense, and one Canadian MP hunting for “Antifa members” like it’s a sandwich club with a loyalty card. It’s funny…until you remember these people run things.

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