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Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
Commenter Bilbo raised an excellent question about what distinguishes a conspiracy from a conspiracy theory. There have been real life conspiracies, and people conspire together for all sorts of...
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Mythicism, Creationism, and other Conspiracy Theories
I was made aware of a post by John Anthony Dunne, asking whether there is any parallel in Judaism for what Richard Carrier and other mythicists claim that Paul believed, namely that a celestial being...
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Governments and Conspiracy Theories
Neil Carter shared the image above, and wrote a whole blog post on a topic which is summed up well in this tweet of his: “It’s not that I trust the US government, it’s just that Truthers seem to have a...
View ArticleX-Files 10.6: My Struggle II
Last night’s episode of The X-Files was the finale of the current mini-series, yet it ended on a cliffhanger which left us with the hope that there will be more. The episode left me feeling as though I...
View ArticleA Strange Mix of Narcissism and Paranoia
A nice quote from the Alison Bernstein, better known as “MommyPhD.”
View ArticleLeft Behind and Right Wing Conspiracy Theories
Fred Clark recently posted on the connection between the Left Behind series and Right Wing conspiracy theories. The two overlap extensively, with the non-religious leaving out the Rapture, but overlap...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories, a recent article emphasizes, are not harmless self-delusions: In an important sense every conspiracy theory comes at some moral cost. To offer a conspiracy theory is to make an...
View ArticleRacism, Young-Earth Creationism, and the New World Order
I have had comments on things I have posted on the blog and on Facebook, from commenters whom I don’t know and who’ve never to my knowledge posted on my blog or Facebook wall before. One was addressing...
View ArticleWhat Science Is Not
Sy Garte writes: Science is not about amassing evidence to prove a point. That’s what lawyers do. That’s what advocates do, and scientists are not supposed to be advocates. One can always find evidence...
View ArticleThe X-Files and Fake News
The return of the X-Files for its new season was fascinating as it combined its classic conspiracy theory themes with up-to-date connections with current politics, science denialism, and fake news. The...
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