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Conspiracy Theories

Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Bill Hicks was a brilliant and passionate comedian, but one who was prone to conspiracy theory, high weirdness, and a proto-incel level of misogyny.
Conspiracy Theories

Who’s afraid for Naomi Wolf? The fall of a feminist icon into a conspiracist rabbithole

Michael Marshall -
Throughout the pandemic, writer Naomi Wolf fell from feminist icon and public intellectual, to conspiracy theorist and talking head of the right-wing media ecosystem
Conspiracy Theories

Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan

Michael Marshall -
Podcaster Joe Rogan has spread 1980s-era AIDS denial rhetoric with disconcerting frequency, based on the discredited work of Prof Peter Duesberg.
Conspiracy Theories

The Italian electoral abstention, and the self-fulfilling conspiracy theory plot

Allegra Brachini -
Many Italian voters are convinced the elites in power don't have their interests in mind - but by opting not to vote, they guarantee their needs aren't considered
Conspiracy Theories

Venezuelan “birtherism”: the nationalistic movement to delegitimise Nicolás Maduro

Gabriel Andrade -
Nicolás Maduro, the former president of Venezuela, has long faced false rumours of his Colombian' birthplace - driven by nationalist politics.
Conspiracy Theories

What the ‘Epstein Files’ tell us about conspiracy theories – and about skeptics

Michael Marshall -
The Epstein files have the internet scouring for dirt on prominent figures. We should take care what we accept at face value – and whom we defend.
Conspiracy Theories

Taylor Swift isn’t “MAGA-coded”, she is a lightning rod for conspiracist grievances

Dave Hahn -
Conspiracy theorising around Taylor Swift being "MAGA-coded" is designed appeal to those who have already decided they dislike the pop megastar.
Conspiracy Theories

How word games and folk etymology feed into fringe beliefs

Mark Horne -
A common thread among pseudoscientists is to purport to tell you what words REALLY mean - except, they're almost always wrong
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