Is It a Whack-a-Mole?

Some scholars would argue that there is a general kind of mindset that makes people more attracted to conspiracy theories than other types of explanations. Is whack-a-mole an actual game? Or is it just something used in analogies? Because I think they play it in American fairgrounds, with real moles. Moles were hurt in the making of that game. So this is... Something to take with you when you go home. It doesn't really exist like that German town. But the Germans, with a famous sense of humor, making this joke for decades as it turns out. With Swindon, do you think? Well, I think that's quite interesting because that

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