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Not Quite

I don't think "The War Against Conspiracy Theories" is quite right.

Perhaps it's The War Against Conspiracy-Theory-Inspired Violence. We shouldn't fight wars against people who are merely wrong. We actually encourage an environment where various theories (sound and unsound) can be peacefully held, expressed and debated. What we are at "war" against are those who use conspiracy theories as justification to threaten and attack others, and the idea that this is ok.

I think the intellectual battle against many sorts of fantasy thinking is worthy also, but it's something other than this war.

Gil

by Gil on Fri, 09/03/2004 - 15:48

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