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"Mini" Decoding of Michael Shermer's Advice on Conspiracy Theories
Decoding the Gurus
The Problem With Confederacy Theories
There's a mundane definition of conspiracy theories, which is that there are just people who do stuff without telling other people. So he's adding in anybody that does any thinking about there being hidden motivations or hidden actions in the world is a conspiracy theorist. That's not correct, especially if you're approaching it from an academic point of view. There's been a lot of work done to distinguish what distinguishes conspiratorial thinking from conventional.
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