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Penn Libraries held a virtual workshop titled “Conspiracy Theory and Political Culture, Past and Present” on Tuesday. Credit: Derek Wong Penn Libraries held a virtual workshop on Tuesday discussing parallels between the spread of conspiracy theory in Dreyfus-era France and
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At the 1992 US Republican convention, the paleoconservative pundit and presidential candidate Pat Buchanan introduced the world to the idea that politics had become a “culture war” between progressives and conservatives. Campaigns for environmentalism, abortion and LGBT rights weren’t just
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Conspiracy theories grow silently embedded in popular culture and frivolous entertainment but are much more dangerous than many still believe. The recent riots in Italy, all inspired by the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, demonstrate the necessity to
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I. The opening battle In business schools, there’s a little parable that gets spun about the indomitable genius of American scientists and … car tires. Right after America surrendered the Philippines in 1942, the victorious Japanese halted exports of natural
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Southwest Airlines had an absolute fiasco of a weekend, cancelling thousands of flights. Conservatives ran with evidence-free rumors about anti-vaccine mandate employee walkouts. For culture warriors, some conspiracy theory narratives are just too good to fact-check. This is an opinion
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Truth be told, we are a nation of spectacular liars. We lie to ourselves about our origin, our exceptionality, that our wealth and power stems from that exceptionality rather than from economic systems of exploitation. Lies are embedded in our
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Photo: Jeopardy!/YouTube To all the weisenheimers and Professor Professorsons out there: No, Matt Amodio didn’t lose his final Jeopardy! game on purpose because … just say it out loud. That’s absurd. Do you know how much money he was raking
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Truth be told, we are a nation of spectacular liars. We lie to ourselves about our origin, our exceptionality, that our wealth and power stems from that exceptionality rather than from economic systems of exploitation. Lies are embedded in our
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What do you do if your friend or family member starts to believe in conspiracy theories? Dr Mathew Marques from La Trobe University’s School of Psychology and Public Health said the best approach is to listen, avoid ridicule, and show
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A Colorado judge on Wednesday prohibited a local official who has embraced conspiracy theories from overseeing November’s election, finding she breached and neglected her duties and was “untruthful” when she brought in someone who was not a county employee to
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