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the sociology of false beliefs: propaganda beliefs; conspiracy beliefs; popular misconceptions

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> self selection & the unchosen: identity, the spark bird and the Freudian Trap

>how we know what dogs are not saying and that the universe is not thinking

>corporate elites are followers not drivers

>four corollaries to Brandolini's Law

>the gates-musk paradox: conspiracy theories are not about what the theorists think they are about

>fool's errand attachment: a cognitive bias

>the Great Reset confusion: conspiracy theory's informational distrust feedback loop

>how the Big Pharma conspiracy theory doesn't get the medical establishment's flaws

>two types of conspiracy theories





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