Tag: Conspiracy Theories
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How to Debunk a Common Urban Myth: Area 51
There are no aliens at Area 51. The reason you can’t go onto the base is the same reason the Skunkworks tests advanced systems there: the place is radioactive and will be for hundreds of years. In the 1950s and 1960s, the US Government tested nuclear weapons in and around Area 51. The infamous black…
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There is Obvious Danger in Believing Bullshit…
“In this book it is spoken of the Sephiroth and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many other things which may or may not exist. It is immaterial whether these exist or not. By doing certain things certain results will follow; students are most earnestly warned against attributing objective reality…
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When you can’t accept responsibility for your actions, tell a whopper — Hellier’s Amy Exposed
Note: This is a continuation of my series looking at the Hellier docuseries. Additional entries exist within this blog. In season two of the docuseries Hellier, we meet “Amy” who spins a yarn of Satanic conspiracies in high places (and in underground caverns). Unfortunately for the team, they fail to recognize Amy for what she…
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Hellier & The Desperate Effort to Construct Meaning at Any Cost
This is the second part of a series which begins here. Currently in my academic work, I study how radicalizing agents use online games to indoctrinate and recruit vulnerable young people. It’s a fascinating area and one that has gone largely unnoticed. The central framework I’m using is called significance quest theory which was developed…