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Conspiracy theories offer simple, understandable explanations of events and help us regain a belief in human control over situations. Joining the Dots is a fortnightly column by author and journalist Samrat in which he connects events to ideas, often through analysis, but occasionally through …
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We all do it to some degree. We adopt perspectives and behaviors because they seem consistent with our personal identity. We make one decision (making an effort to buy only organic food, for instance) and that shapes future decisions and beliefs (such as views on the safety of genetically modified …
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A Corner Brook university professor has co-authored a new book exploring the emergence of pandemic conspiracy theories. Grenfell Campus folklorist John Bodner is one of six authors of Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories: QAnon, 5G, the New World Order and Other Viral Ideas. Per a synopsis, the book …
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Topline Dominion Voting Systems called on former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell to retract her groundless accusations of voter fraud involving the company’s voting machines, which it characterized in a letter to the right-wing lawyer Wednesday as “wild” and “knowingly baseless,” and …
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On October 19, two weeks before Election Day, a retired police captain in Texas allegedly ran his SUV into the back of an air conditioning repairman’s vehicle, when the man stepped out, he pointed a gun at him, forced him to the ground and put his knee on the repairman’s back, according to Houston …
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You aren’t a conservative if you believe in conspiracy theories. Before I defend this statement, I should say that as a general rule, I do not like statements that begin, “You aren’t a conservative if …” It’s not that I always disagree with such assertions. For instance, “You’re not a conservative …
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Sidney Powell, a lawyer who was part of President Trump’s legal team, spread a conspiracy theory last month about election fraud. For days, she claimed that she would “release the Kraken” by showing voluminous evidence that Mr. Trump had won the election by a landslide. But after her assertions …
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From Popular Mechanics Some people believe the Black Knight Satellite is an alien spacecraft. NASA says it’s probably just some space junk—likely the remnants of a thermal blanket. Yet the Black Knight conspiracy theory continues to persist. Is there any validity to it? Whether rooted in a …
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Ever heard of QAnon or flat-Earthers? If you have, you may have questioned how these and other conspiracy theories originate and gain so many followers. For political science professor Adam Enders, uncovering the mystery surrounding conspiracy theories is a puzzle worth solving. It’s an especially …
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Many Republicans believe that President Trump lost the election only due to widespread and systemic voter fraud. When Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, a Trump voter and donor, says that Democrat Joe Biden won on a legitimate count (and recount) of the votes, he is part …
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