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Winston Smith's avatar

Fantastic summary John! And congratulations on diving into The Matter With Things - no small reading project to say the least. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and I have to say I keep getting side tracked (for example I had to buy "Madness and Modernism" by Louis Sass based on McGilchrist's references - it's not a light read (even with my neuropsych training) but well worth it in terms of grasping the insanity of the current age). I think there is a few years of study at least in this two volume masterpiece.

I'll be sure to highlight this piece under the first of my series that you have made reference to.

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Vxi7's avatar

About conspiracy theories:

I think the mad conspiracy theories are purposefully connected together so the reality somewhere in the middle disappears. It's a way of discrediting sources.

-WTC towers: first years real documentaries serious discussion regarding conspiracy and possible causes. Then suddenly all kind of BS popped up like there were not even airplanes and so on. So crazy ideas that people refused to debate 9/11 anymore as looneys were everywhere.

Now regarding the vaccination/ great reset I'm observing the same. Although it happens much faster. I'm in multiple telegram groups and most started out seriously citing different MDs (we know them) and with valid reasons against vaccines. Now after a year most of the groups turned into flat earth believers and they post absolutely nonsensical materials. But once per week still they post something very valid... So the valid concern gets buried in BS material.

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