Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: This is my 13th blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories As I mentioned at the end of my previous blog post, a rising tide of voices, especially in academia, are calling for direct regulation of social … Continue reading →

Note: This is my 12th blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories In this post I will expand on Richard Posner’s economic analysis of conspiracy law on pp. 230-231 of his magnum opus: Economic Analysis of Law (7th … Continue reading →

Note: This is my eleventh blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories What separates a legitimate claim of “conspiracy” from a fringe or far-fetched “conspiracy theory” (like the so-called “plandemic”) or a dangerous alternate reality “conspiracy myth” (like … Continue reading →

I am interrupting my multi-part series of blog posts on conspiracy theories to share this report by James Vincent (via The Verge), which is titled “The UK’s new £50 note celebrates Alan Turing with lots of geeky Easter eggs.” As … Continue reading →

Note: This is my tenth blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories In this post, I will frame conspiracy theories as a special type of Wittgensteinian “language game.” Although the enigmatic Ludwig Wittgenstein himself used the technical term … Continue reading →

Alternative title: Conspiracy theories, discourse, and power Note: This is my ninth blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories I sincerely apologize in advance for this blog post. Personally, I am not a big fan of sociology or … Continue reading →

Note: This is my eighth blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories What if conspiracy theories were in reality a type of cultural replicator or “meme” in the Richard Dawkins’ sense of the term? Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist … Continue reading →

Note: This is the seventh blog post in a multi-part series on conspiracy theories Is there a fruitful way of studying conspiracy theories, one that is not ad hoc or that doesn’t pre-judge conspiracy believers as somehow mentally defective? Thus … Continue reading →

Note: This is the sixth blog post in a multi-part series Why do so many people fall for far-fetched conspiracy theories? In my previous post I introduced Franz Neumann’s theory of successful conspiracy theories, which appears in his classic essay … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Why do we like to believe in conspiracy theories? Note: This is the fifth blog post in a multi-part series When are conspiracy theories real? Last week, in my previous set of blog posts, I presented (and rebutted) … Continue reading →