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This isn’t a conspiracy theory

From the Conspiracy and Democracy Project, Andrew McKenzie-McHarg on the poisoned chalice of counter-revolutionary conspiracy theory; and Alfred Moore on communism, conspiracy, and surveillance and on why conspiracy theories in America are not on the rise after all. Tara Culp-Ressler on how half of Americans believe one of these 6 medical conspiracy theories. The Illuminati doesn't run the world — but it does control the Internet. Matt King on how secret societies stay hidden on the Internet: Inside the surreal recruitment process of a legendary club — or something like it — at New York University. Matthew Phelan on the patents used to prove chemtrails are not what they seem. Dennis Mersereau on a list of all the evidence that proves chemtrails exist (and more). Matthew Phelan on debunking those Moon landing conspiracies with some basic physics. Mark Jacobson on the end of UFOs. Meet the respectable JFK conspiracy theorists: Questioning JFK’s assassination is not crazy. I guess we can all see where this is going, right? It'll start with Alex Jones, maybe, and then Glenn Beck will catch the infection. Seth R. Payne (Yale): Satan's Plan: The Book of Mormon, Glenn Beck and Modern Conspiracy. Believe it or not, Fox News is more obsessed with reporting on Benghazi than 9/11 truthers are with the temperature that steel melts. Jean-Daniel Collomb (Lyon): The Ideology of Climate Change Denial in the United States. Are all Americans created equal when it comes to fearing collusion and conspiracies? Alfred Moore, Joseph Parent and Joseph Uscinski on how conspiracy theories aren’t just for conservatives (and more by Andrew Gelman, and a response and a reply). This isn’t a conspiracy theory: “So the question is not so much ‘do you trust the CIA/NSA/MI6/etc?’ It’s ‘Do you trust every single sysadmin working for these organisations? Every single analyst? Every single middle manager?’”