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Oct 26, 2021

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Conspiracy Theories

Stories related to Dragged Into the Light and other investigations into conspiracy beliefs

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We Shouldn’t Just Trick Anti-Vaxxers, But the Temptation Is Real

What if you could sell a placebo that could also be a cure?

6 min readOct 26, 2021

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We Shouldn’t Just Trick Anti-Vaxxers, But the Temptation Is Real

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Flirting With Insanity Is Dangerous

“Even the most well-adjusted person is holding on to his or her sanity by a greased rope”

5 min readApr 6, 2021

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Flirting With Insanity Is Dangerous

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The Other Time Anger at the Elites Drove Americans a Little Crazy

Nearly 100 years after the pernicious scam, there’s a moral in Drake’s Fortune

6 min readJul 28, 2021

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The Other Time Anger at the Elites Drove Americans a Little Crazy

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We’re Undermining Our Shared Reality and It’s Driving Us Nuts

Matthew Coleman killed his children in an effort to save the world. He was tragically mistaken, and we helped him stay that way.

8 min readAug 14, 2021

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We’re Undermining Our Shared Reality and It’s Driving Us Nuts

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There May Not Be Such a Thing as a Sane Superstition

Very little separates reptilian overlords from mainstream religion

4 min readJul 13, 2021

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There May Not Be Such a Thing as a Sane Superstition

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End Times Economics From a Reptilian Cult

Buy Dogecoin and enjoy the apocolypse in style

6 min readMar 9, 2021

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End Times Economics From a Reptilian Cult

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Religious Hatred Isn’t a Bug, It’s a Feature

End times conspiracies flourish while traditional churches close

9 min readApr 12, 2021

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Religious Hatred Isn’t a Bug, It’s a Feature

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QAnon Has at Least Once Critical Difference From the Satanic Panic

This is about self-identity, not religious belief

6 min readMay 25, 2021

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QAnon Has at Least Once Critical Difference From the Satanic Panic

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A brief look at Christianity’s oldest conspiracy theory

Sherry Shriner Claims Most Christians Are Devil-Worshipers (and She May Have a Point)

6 min readJun 20, 2021

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A brief look at Christianity’s oldest conspiracy theory

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My New (Cursed?) Orgone Pendant

When you buy orgone you’re paying for a story not magic

6 min readMar 20, 2021

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My New (Cursed?) Orgone Pendant

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Richard Brown, Sherry Shriner, and How to Identify Bigfoot Chewies

Cryptozoology in a Doomsday Cult

7 min readMar 8, 2021

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Richard Brown, Sherry Shriner, and How to Identify Bigfoot Chewies

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