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Re:What NPM should do to stop a new colors attack by savanaly on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:11PM (#29880041)
Astral Codex Ten posited that conspiracy theories are part of the Epistemic Minor Leagues [0]. In other words a way for people to flex the part of their brain that doing real research and discovery stimulates even if they don't feel they can belong to or contribute to "regular" intellectual activity like academic research.

[0] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/epistemic-minor-league...

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