How to Treat Conspiracy Theories
A Middle-of-the-Road Approach
The Earth is flat. Obama’s a Lizard. Michelle is transgender. Pizzagate was real. The moon landing was fake. Mary Magdalen and Jesus were secretly lovers.
These are all claims I don’t believe. And they’re all made by conspiracy theorists.
If you ask philosophers, there are two approaches you can take to conspiracy theories: generalism and particularism…
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