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The Age of Conspiracy?
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Is It Necessary or Desirable to Eliminate Them?
Is it possible to eliminate conspiracy theories? Is it necessary or even desirable to eliminate them completely? I think that some people would say, no, we should not eliminate this way of thinking because it's quite similar to a just general cynicism or skepticism that you want to encourage. Another technique that's being used a bit now is they call it inoculation. So you give someone a very weak piece of misinformation and then when they come across a stronger influence attempt, they'll be more able to reject it.
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