Category Archives: Conspiracy

We manufacture meaning

When people don’t have much going for them, as Barack Obama said, they tend to cling to their guns and religion. Here is an important paper from Princeton in 2016: Meaning-making is a fundamental characteristic of thinking minds. Expose a … Continue reading

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What unites vaccine and election cranks? (8-10-21)

Mike Lindell’s con is winding down, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/10/con-is-winding-down/ The pandemic productivity boom, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/upshot/will-the-pandemic-productivity-boom-last.html See the Data on Breakthrough Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths by State, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/10/us/covid-breakthrough-infections-vaccines.html New numbers from the CDC suggest fully vaccinated people remain protected against hospitalization and death, https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2021/8/10/22618163/covid-deaths-vaccinated-data-how-many-die … Continue reading

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Q Anon

An Orthodox Jew tells me that much of the Q Anon crowd is no longer practicing. A Christian tells me much of the Q Anon crowd no longer has faith. A Muslim tells me much of the Q Anon crowd … Continue reading

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Am I a laughing stock? The answer might shock you. (7-17-21)

“If we were all given by magic the power to read each other’s thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be almost all friendships would be dissolved.” (Bertrand Russell) I interview Andy Nowicki at 7 pm, July 15, 2021. Luke: … Continue reading

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Seeing Through The BS

A characteristic of people in dissident and conspiracy movements as well as loony bins is that they are convinced that while their lives suck, at least they see through the BS. I know that in the past, the more time … Continue reading

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