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Contingency vs. Conspiracy
A recent set of studies reminds us that we use telos and conspiracy theories to control our anxiety over what really seems to rule the world: contingency. This at Miller-McCune: A research team led by social psychologist Daniel Sullivan of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bilderbergers, chance, conspiracy, contingency, free will, God, hell mouth, history, nihilism, responsibility, social psychology, telos
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Conspiracy Bait: Greenscreens are Everywhere—and Maybe Even Coming to the News
You certainly couldn’t fake a moon landing in 1969, but I suppose that, with contemporary technology, you might almost get away with it today. In the future, will government and corporate officials—and those in our assorted propaganda industries—start using the greenscreen technology below to … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, conspiracy, conspiracy bait, conspiracy theories, Fox News, greenscreen, media, moon landing, predictions, propaganda, the future
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Conspiracy Theory Taken to a New Level: The Haiti Earthquake is Now the U.S. Navy’s Fault
This today at Reason: Both Venezuelan state-owned radio and television properties zeroed in on a secret U.S. “weapon of earthquakes” as the cause of the earthquake that struck Haiti last week causing a death toll [that] could exceed 200,000 according … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitism, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Drudge Report, earthquakes, God, haiti, Illuminati, james bond, Judaism, technology, theodicy
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Prometheus Unbound 