Lessons from Hannah Arendt on Arresting Our ‘Flight From Reality’
Fascism, communism, and transhumanism all lure us into rejecting the real human condition in favor of ideological constructs.
Conspiracy Theories
20 articles
An Outback Conspiracy
Misinformation results from the toxic combination of these two defining features, a lack of proximity to the Territory, and viewing the world through the lens of oppression.
Understanding the Motivated Reasoning of Anti-Vax Refuseniks
Vaccine refusal also correlates with a feeling of alienation from the wider culture—what sociologists call “anomie.”
Twenty Years Later, Engineering Experts Explain How The Twin Towers Collapsed
Some have questioned why the buildings did not “topple over” after being struck side-on by aircraft. But the answer becomes clear once you consider the details.
In Defence of Absolute Truth
By rejecting any universally applicable standards of reason, it destroys the possibility of true conversation, of learning from and compromising with each other.
COVID-19 Conspiracists and Their Discontents
The mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. So when gaps in knowledge open up, the empty spaces are filled with available explanations that, however implausible, seem morally compelling.
My Misspent Years of Conspiracism
Conspiracy theories foreclose the possibility of explanation, because they postulate unalterable conclusions in search of evidence instead of following evidence to plausible conclusions.
Reason and Reality in an Era of Conspiracy
Our memories are deeply fallible and highly suggestible.