Apollonian and Dionysian refers to two Greek gods. Apollo is the god of rational thinking, prudence,
and purity. Dionysus is his opposite—irrational, chaotic, a risk taker, driven by emotions and instincts.
He’s the fun guy. The devil-may-care Dionysian worldview was more appealing to the hippies of the
Pacific Northwest.
/////////////////metaphorical rabbit hole is something like:
A bizarre world, a time-consuming tangent or detour, often from which it is difficult to extricate oneself
///////////////////conspiracy theorists do often seem remarkably entrenched in
their beliefs, able to withstand countless hours of reasonable rebuttals without giving an inch.
////////////////////Wilcox went on to propose what was probably the first conspiracy theorist spectrum, a zero
through seven scale of “commitment to conspiracy” which 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:
Commitment to Conspiracy Scale
7 Preoccupied with conspiracy
5 Conspiracy conspicuous
3 Conspiracy present
1 Hints at conspiracy
0 No clear evidence of conspiracy
Wilcox also included a non-rationality scale, which contains descriptions you might still apply to many
writings on the internet today:
Non-rational Scale
7 Paranoiac overtones, confused, few or no credible facts
5 Polemic, shrill, credible facts few and heavily stacked
3 Heavily one-sided, credible facts present
1 Mildly one-sided, credible facts lightly stacked
0 No clear evidence of non-rationality
The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. -Jerry Rubin, activist and author (14 Jul 1938-1994)
///////////////////////////1. Big Pharma: The theory that pharmaceutical companies conspire to maximize profit by selling
drugs that people do not actually need
2. Global Warming Hoax: The theory that climate change is not caused by man-made carbon
emissions, and that there’s some other motive for claiming this
3. JFK: The theory that people in addition to Lee Harvey Oswald were involved in the assassination
of John F. Kennedy
4. 9/11 Inside Job: The theory that the events of 9/11 were arranged by elements within the US
government
5. Chemtrails: The theory that the trails left behind aircraft are part of a secret spraying program
6. False Flag Shootings: The theory that shootings like Sandy Hook and Las Vegas either never
happened or were arranged by people in power
7. Moon Landing Hoax: The theory that the Moon landings were faked in a movie studio
8. UFO Cover-Up: The theory that the US government has contact with aliens or crashed alien crafts
and is keeping it secret
9. Flat Earth: The theory that the Earth is flat, but governments, business, and scientists all pretend it
is a globe
10. Reptile Overlords:The theory that the ruling classes are a race of shape-shifting transdimensional
reptiles
///////////////////////////////The Need for Uniqueness
In “I Know Things They Don’t Know!” French researchers Lantian, Muller, Nurra, and Douglas
investigate if a motivational underpinning of conspiracy belief is simply the desire to be unique
/////////////////////////Chemtrails Summary and Resources
Key Points to Convey to Your Friend
• Contrails can persist and spread, and have done so since the 1920s.
• There’s a lot more air traffic now than thirty years ago.
• Modern jet engines make more contrails, not fewer.
• Trails that come from the wing are aerodynamic contrails.
• Weather modification has been done openly since the 1950s and does not leave trails.
• Photos of barrels on planes are ballast barrels on prototype commercial planes.
• Aluminum is everywhere, so it shows up in all tests of air, soil, and water.
• There are genuine concerns about geoengineering, but we’ve not even got to the stage of doing tests
yet.
• Patents don’t mean something works, and why would you patent a top-secret program?
• Different planes leave different length contrails at different altitudes.
• The government has not admitted to a secret geoengineering program.
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and purity. Dionysus is his opposite—irrational, chaotic, a risk taker, driven by emotions and instincts.
He’s the fun guy. The devil-may-care Dionysian worldview was more appealing to the hippies of the
Pacific Northwest.
/////////////////metaphorical rabbit hole is something like:
A bizarre world, a time-consuming tangent or detour, often from which it is difficult to extricate oneself
///////////////////conspiracy theorists do often seem remarkably entrenched in
their beliefs, able to withstand countless hours of reasonable rebuttals without giving an inch.
////////////////////Wilcox went on to propose what was probably the first conspiracy theorist spectrum, a zero
through seven scale of “commitment to conspiracy” which 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:
Commitment to Conspiracy Scale
7 Preoccupied with conspiracy
5 Conspiracy conspicuous
3 Conspiracy present
1 Hints at conspiracy
0 No clear evidence of conspiracy
Wilcox also included a non-rationality scale, which contains descriptions you might still apply to many
writings on the internet today:
Non-rational Scale
7 Paranoiac overtones, confused, few or no credible facts
5 Polemic, shrill, credible facts few and heavily stacked
3 Heavily one-sided, credible facts present
1 Mildly one-sided, credible facts lightly stacked
0 No clear evidence of non-rationality
The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. -Jerry Rubin, activist and author (14 Jul 1938-1994)
///////////////////////////1. Big Pharma: The theory that pharmaceutical companies conspire to maximize profit by selling
drugs that people do not actually need
2. Global Warming Hoax: The theory that climate change is not caused by man-made carbon
emissions, and that there’s some other motive for claiming this
3. JFK: The theory that people in addition to Lee Harvey Oswald were involved in the assassination
of John F. Kennedy
4. 9/11 Inside Job: The theory that the events of 9/11 were arranged by elements within the US
government
5. Chemtrails: The theory that the trails left behind aircraft are part of a secret spraying program
6. False Flag Shootings: The theory that shootings like Sandy Hook and Las Vegas either never
happened or were arranged by people in power
7. Moon Landing Hoax: The theory that the Moon landings were faked in a movie studio
8. UFO Cover-Up: The theory that the US government has contact with aliens or crashed alien crafts
and is keeping it secret
9. Flat Earth: The theory that the Earth is flat, but governments, business, and scientists all pretend it
is a globe
10. Reptile Overlords:The theory that the ruling classes are a race of shape-shifting transdimensional
reptiles
///////////////////////////////The Need for Uniqueness
In “I Know Things They Don’t Know!” French researchers Lantian, Muller, Nurra, and Douglas
investigate if a motivational underpinning of conspiracy belief is simply the desire to be unique
/////////////////////////Chemtrails Summary and Resources
Key Points to Convey to Your Friend
• Contrails can persist and spread, and have done so since the 1920s.
• There’s a lot more air traffic now than thirty years ago.
• Modern jet engines make more contrails, not fewer.
• Trails that come from the wing are aerodynamic contrails.
• Weather modification has been done openly since the 1950s and does not leave trails.
• Photos of barrels on planes are ballast barrels on prototype commercial planes.
• Aluminum is everywhere, so it shows up in all tests of air, soil, and water.
• There are genuine concerns about geoengineering, but we’ve not even got to the stage of doing tests
yet.
• Patents don’t mean something works, and why would you patent a top-secret program?
• Different planes leave different length contrails at different altitudes.
• The government has not admitted to a secret geoengineering program.
////////////////////////////////
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