August 20, 2018

HERESY

"By drawing attention to the analogy between creationism and conspiracism, we hope to highlight one of the major flaws of conspiracy theories and therefore help people detect it, namely that they rely on teleological reasoning by ascribing a final cause and overriding purpose to world events...  We think the message that conspiracism is a type of creationism that deals with the social world can help clarify some of the most baffling features of our so-called 'post-truth era.'"

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1 Comments:

Blogger VMM said...

Sure, that's what they want you to believe.

August 21, 2018 at 6:35 PM  

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