Category: Psychology
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I’m Afraid of an Audience I Don’t Even Have
I pay for this website to exist. And yet, I don’t make any effort to post consistently. In fact, I’ve done more to mangle what lives here and how the site looks and feels than to write my thoughts. I spend too much time playing around with AI and site design, and I forgot that…
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Conspiracy Theories and the Comfort They Bring
I heard this idea on a podcast last night: “Conspiracy theories are comforting.”It wasn’t even the focus of the episode — just a passing comment later in the discussion — but it stuck with me. The whole episode is worth a listen if you’re curious. I’d never really thought of conspiracy theories as a coping…