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Conspiracy theories are a manifestation of skepticism.

One insight recently in the political theater is to determine what your audience is skeptical of. Everyone is skeptical of something, and these biases, when pinpointed, can be illuminating.

On any topic you can split skepticism into groups. Are you more skeptical of government? The pharmaceutical industry? Corporations? Which?




> Conspiracy theories are a manifestation of skepticism.

They're a manifestation of biased skepticism. Conspiracy theorists tend to be skeptical of everything except their own favorite conspiracy theories.


All skepticism is biased by one’s background. The ‘quid est veritas’ of our age will become more difficult with all the noise, deep fakes, powerful interests, etc.


IMO, they are born from distrust rather than skepticism, even though they are clearly related.




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