In 1962, Walter Wilcox created a system to categorize conspiracy theories on a continuum from mild to bonkers in what he called a “commitment to conspiracy.” That was “a measure of the extent to which a given article in a press publication of the radical right was devoted to a conspiracy theory.” See
Interesting, helpful. Trump, Hitler, to name just two, seem to reach hearts and minds with insults and nonsense. This confuses me. If you have time, would you address this? Thanks
The Sliding Scale of Conspiracies
Interesting, helpful. Trump, Hitler, to name just two, seem to reach hearts and minds with insults and nonsense. This confuses me. If you have time, would you address this? Thanks
thanks