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This isn't something I normally do, but I need a little help, and this is easily the best place to look for it.
I'm writing a piece about conspiracy-theory thinking, propaganda and radicalisation. I had thought I could cover the ground in one post, but it quickly became apparent that it was too big, so I've decided to break it up into a series, with the first part being about how we train ourselves to believe bullshit.
I've covered most of the bits about the mechanisms by which we end up following Alice, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything critical, and that I haven't dropped a bollock somewhere. I think that any eyes on this particular project will be useful.
I've posted a first-pass draft, and I'd really appreciate some feedback. I'm not looking for style or grammar points or other corrections at this point, just thoughts on any critical points I haven't covered so far.
White Rabbit draft
I may ask for help on part two as well, when I move on to strategies for finding a way out. Future posts in the series will take a look at specifics of radicalisation, from creationism to incels. In fact, I'm hoping to draw a thread that will explain an ultimate hypothesis, namely that the foundation of all of this kind of thinking, to the degree that it's found prominence in modern culture, can be tracked back to the root of all counter-scientific thought in the mainstream; corporate creationism.
Hope to pull the trigger on this post in the next day or so.
Warning: I was aiming for 3,000 words, but got to well over 4,000 before I realised I hadn't even finished laying out the problem.
I'm writing a piece about conspiracy-theory thinking, propaganda and radicalisation. I had thought I could cover the ground in one post, but it quickly became apparent that it was too big, so I've decided to break it up into a series, with the first part being about how we train ourselves to believe bullshit.
I've covered most of the bits about the mechanisms by which we end up following Alice, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything critical, and that I haven't dropped a bollock somewhere. I think that any eyes on this particular project will be useful.
I've posted a first-pass draft, and I'd really appreciate some feedback. I'm not looking for style or grammar points or other corrections at this point, just thoughts on any critical points I haven't covered so far.
White Rabbit draft
I may ask for help on part two as well, when I move on to strategies for finding a way out. Future posts in the series will take a look at specifics of radicalisation, from creationism to incels. In fact, I'm hoping to draw a thread that will explain an ultimate hypothesis, namely that the foundation of all of this kind of thinking, to the degree that it's found prominence in modern culture, can be tracked back to the root of all counter-scientific thought in the mainstream; corporate creationism.
Hope to pull the trigger on this post in the next day or so.
Warning: I was aiming for 3,000 words, but got to well over 4,000 before I realised I hadn't even finished laying out the problem.