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Victorian Pseudoscience on a Netflix Budget: “Ancient Apocalypse” and the Paradox of Science Communication Online

As scholars and investigators of conspiracy theory communities have noted, people who cling to these ideas long after they have been demonstrated to be factually false tend to…

Post date 20th November 2022
Post author By The Familiar Strange

Phenomena of the Irrational. On wonder doctors, witches and conspiracy theories

From 1945 until the late 1950s, a wave of accusations of witchcraft swept through Germany, and tens of thousands of people flocked to wonder healers. But why? And…

Post date 20th December 2020
Post author By Monica Black

Playing with Conspiracy Theories

What might viewing conspiracism as a form of play tell us about the workings of contemporary culture, our capacity for critical thinking, or how we build new understandings?…

Post date 31st July 2019
Post author By Natalie Konopinski