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What's Epistemically Wrong with Conspiracy Theorising?

The Podcaster's Guide to the Conspiracy

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What Is the Characteristics of Conspiracy Theorizing?

Pat Sunken: Conspiracy theorists are like scientists who cling too long to degenerating research programs. He says resilience to falsification is hardly unique to conspiracy theories. If there's a reason to criticize conspiracy theorizing on epistemic grounds, it must be located elsewhere, he writes.

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