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"Conspiracy Theories" Never Die

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Submitted by Robert (United States), Oct 1, 2022 at 12:30

Dear Dr. Daniel Pipes,

You of all people really know that. You wrote extensively on this subject.

It appears to me that such theories are absorbed by individuals with a (1) "paranoid personally" and related psychological deceases (but I'm not a professional psychologist to elaborate further on this phenomena, and (2) a significantly smaller minority which is simply uninformed.

The real reason that this has become a worrying phenomena is that (1) the Web\Internet (as the Printing Press has done much earlier, but less effectively), (2) those who control the "traffic' on this technology are in Private Hands, and not the Government - in the case of the USA of course. However, this is a Utility, just like Electricity and the Telephone were earlier.

Here we have the problem of another Contradiction evolving into a quest for a Synthesis (Hegel/Marx). Putting it in your terminology, there is a need for a Paradigm Shift ("Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Kuhn). Relatedly, how about using Cancel-Culture's tool(s) against it/them?

Submitting....

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1"Conspiracy Theories" Never Die [167 words]RobertOct 1, 2022 12:30287013
Dear Mr Pipes,please do not compare apples and pears. [120 words]
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Amos ZotAug 21, 2022 09:24285427
Why I can believe that 2020 US elections may have been rigged? [540 words]PrashantAug 21, 2022 13:13285427
Mister Pipes when I read your comment , I thaught of a very known painting of Magritte "This is not an apple". [134 words]Amos ZotAug 21, 2022 15:06285427
Searching for Good Apples to Make a Decent Political Apple Pie - Tainted Technology Does Not Fare Well Here [139 words]M ToveyAug 22, 2022 10:33285427
2An innocent NYT quote that infuriated me. [324 words]PrashantAug 19, 2022 12:08285283
1jpost op-ed on NYT minimizing Jewish claim to Temple Mount [158 words]DaveAug 19, 2022 19:15285283
A timely note [47 words]
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DavidAug 19, 2022 04:53285252
Another book? [123 words]
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NicholasAug 18, 2022 15:54285224
Conspiracies - Remaining Theoretical Until Becoming Actionable [254 words]M ToveyAug 22, 2022 19:03285224
Following the Money Trail to the Source of Conspiracies - Only Those That Have Demonstrated Financial Support Have a Chance of Success [236 words]M ToveyAug 28, 2022 18:16285224
1The elements which underpin some conspiracy theories [348 words]
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DaveAug 18, 2022 15:03285222
Your comment made me smile ear to ear [69 words]PrashantAug 19, 2022 01:20285222
Travesty Exposed - Slim Consolation for Those Whose Lives Cannot Ever Retrieve the Losses of This Lifetime [324 words]M ToveyAug 18, 2022 11:24285213

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