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But it's something that most of these disproportionately basement-dwelling isolatees don't get, though. I mean, no, it's not a surprise to say that people who
by newacct583 6y ago
But it's something that most of these disproportionately basement-dwelling isolatees don't get, though. I mean, no, it's not a surprise to say that people who gravitate to very online centers of disinformation tend to be socially isolated. But even so, treating the isolation is a feasible thing.
Stated more scientifically: the hypothesis here is that isolation causes conspiracy mania. So treat the isolation. Most people don't do this, we just yell at or about these folks online.
Seems like it's worth a shot to me.
- newsbinator 6y agoA lot of the conspiracy theorists I encounter online are long-term married people in their late-50s/early-60s. Or 20-somethings who, judging by their profiles, spend 2 ~ 4 nights a week in a bar. It doesn't seem like social isolation quite explains it.