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240 - QAnon and Conspiracy Narratives (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart

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Cuanon Is an Example of a Community of Conspiracy Theories

The number of conspiracy theories in circulation and the number of people who believe in them are both about the same they've always been. But what is new is the internet, which has returned con piracy theories to the main stage of public discourse during a time when public discourse is undergoing a revolution. People locked in this distrust community will go looking for sources that better firm their attitudes and beliefs. If those sources betray them in some way, they will go further and further into the fringe until they have abandoned the sources that other people trust for information.

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