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The Conspiracy Theorists
A skeptic Michael Schurmer says, if you hear a rustling and a bush and imagine it's a snake, you'll be better prepared. New technology is one of the closest things we have to rustling bushes because they're unexpected, sudden changes to our environment. For example, remember that guy's Socrates? Ah, yes, the famously level-headed philosopher. He said that the newfangled technology of writing would introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learn it.