QAnon Is Madness. But Believing In It Can Be Rational.

September 23, 2020 adrenochrome, deep state, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from New York Magazine
QAnon Is Madness. But Believing In It Can Be Rational.

The truth isn’t out there. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images In the United States today, there are many voters who sympathize with Joe Biden’s positions on tax policy, Social Security, and reproductive choice — but just can’t abide the Democratic nominee’s plan to abduct small children, traffic them …

Conspiracy

September 22, 2020 alex jones, big tech

Archived 6 years ago from WTMJ-TV
Lawsuit alleges Facebook allowed militia groups to promote conspiracy theories that led to Rittenhouse shootings

MILWAUKEE — Four people including the partner of one the victims in the deadly Kenosha shooting have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, members of two militia groups and Kyle Rittenhouse, alleging the social network allowed the defendants to promote conspiracy theories that led to the Kenosha …

Conspiracy

September 21, 2020 antivax, moon landing, nasa

Archived 6 years ago from TIME
COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Are Spreading Rapidly—and They’re a Public Health Risk All Their Own

Public health crises have spawned conspiracy theories as far back as when the Black Death ravaged Europe in the 1300s, as people desperately try to make sense of the chaotic forces disrupting their lives. While modern science offers a better understanding of how diseases infect people and how to …

Conspiracy

September 21, 2020 alex jones, big tech, nazi, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
He was shot in Kenosha, then received threats – a frightening pattern after high-profile incidents

MILWAUKEE – Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the only person to survive a triple shooting at a protest condemning the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police in Wisconsin. Weeks later, the …

Conspiracy

September 21, 2020

Archived 6 years ago from Salem Reporter
AROUND OREGON: Rash of Oregon arson cases fuels fear, conspiracy theories during devastating wildfires

Police and court records show none of those accused in recent arson cases have ties to left- or right-wing groups or appear to have been motivated by politics. Bryan Crenshaw sprays water onto his rooftop in Aumsville on Tuesday, Sept. 8. After losing two buildings to a wildfire three years ago, …

Conspiracy

September 21, 2020 antivax, cdc, covid19

Archived 6 years ago from EurekAlert
Belief in conspiracy theories is a barrier to controlling spread of COVID-19

Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available and to engage in behaviors such as mask-wearing that can prevent its spread, according to researchers at the Annenberg …

Conspiracy

September 21, 2020 cdc, covid19

Archived 6 years ago from Penn Today
Belief in conspiracy theories is a barrier to controlling spread of COVID-19

The enduring appeal of conspiracies and what (if anything) can be done about it

Conspiracy

September 21, 2020 marjorie taylor greene, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Alliance for Science
The enduring appeal of conspiracies and what (if anything) can be done about it

It happens to all of us. We’re scrolling through our news feeds and we come across something so outrageous that we are inexplicably compelled to click on it. That click leads to a few more and before we know it, we’ve gone down a rabbit hole of dark, conspiratorial thinking. But why can some of us …

Conspiracy

September 20, 2020 alex jones, qanon, william cooper

Archived 2 years ago from The Guardian
‘Quite frankly terrifying’: How the QAnon conspiracy theory is taking root in the UK

We live in a blizzard of fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories. It’s tempting to blame this on social media – which does indeed exacerbate the problem. And AI deepfakes promise to make the situation even worse. But at root this is not about technology: it’s about how humans think, …

Conspiracy

September 19, 2020 big tech, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from WIRED
Why Teens Are Falling for TikTok Conspiracy Theories

Of all the bits of sleepover gossip ever uttered, this was the most unexpected. “Basically, Hillary Clinton sex traffics children and sacrifices them to Satan or something,” said my friend Beth, straightfaced. “It’s called Pizzagate, or whatever.” It was a Friday night a few weeks ago and even …

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