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Conspiracies Are Historical Constant
- Conspiracy theories have amplified with social media but have always existed.
- Historic figures like Newton combined scientific success with beliefs now considered conspiratorial or pseudoscience.
Social Media Fuels Identity Politics
- Social media acts mainly as a marketplace of identity, not ideas.
- Extreme beliefs amplify personal identity and signal belonging to a group.
Postmodernism Challenges Truth
- Postmodernism questions absolute truths but emphasizes contextual truths.
- This philosophical stance allows radical skepticism and challenges the notion of universal facts.