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How does it feel to watch your parents become obsessed with false information about Bill Gates, microchips and 5G – and is there anything you can do to pull them out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole? Qanon theories are gathering support (file photo) Photo: Getty Grant* is considering secretly …
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New research suggests that, contrary to received wisdom, people with little sense of control over their lives aren’t any more susceptible than others to conspiracy theories. While conspiracy theories have been around since the Middle Ages and its blood libels, in the past couple of decades they’ve …
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Longtime readers of the Webster County Citizen probably think when I write the words “conspiracy theory” that I’m referring to UFOs and extraterrestrials. Not this time. The term “conspiracy theory” can cover innumerable topics and most times can’t be proven or disproven. The big three of …
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Recently, 5G cell towers in various European countries have gone up in flames, presumably set on fire by individuals who claim that the, invisible to the human eye, electromagnetic waves emitted by such towers are harming their health. This belief can be considered a conspiracy theory as it …
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Concerns regarding 5G cellular network technology have been circulated for well over a decade, ranging from radiation exposure, all the way to wacky mind control conspiracy theories. While the health concerns have been repeatedly and comprehensively dispelled by medical professionals, and the …
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Everyone likes a good story. These conspiracy theories have a proven time record, continuing to disturb and tickle the mind. Enjoy! Public poisoning by order of the government? This is the ‘Chemtrail’ conspiracy theory. Believers of the theory think that the residual condensation trails left behind …
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I’ve long been fascinated by the intersection of conspiracy theories and religion.Indeed, most research on conspiracy shows theorists tend to believe in a higher power, making it more likely they believe we didn’t land on the moon; the earth is flat; COVID-19 was a “plandemic;” contrails in the sky …
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The uneasy overlap between the “wellness” movement often associated with affluent, presumptively-left-of-center (though maybe not really that far left in the first place) white women, and more overt conspiracy-peddlers of the far right is nothing new. Three years ago, Goop was spotted selling …
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As the U.S. and much of the world hunkers down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, some virus-related conspiracy theories are having a heyday. Specifically, a conspiratorial false claim that 5G technology is linked to COVID-19 gained ground, accelerating from obscurity into the rattled …
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Getty Images / WIRED It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. One scientifically-baseless claim …
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