This is discussed in the "Fringe and politics" section, and not from the Wikipedia writers: > As readers might have noticed above, the author includes politica

This is discussed in the "Fringe and politics" section, and not from the Wikipedia writers: > As readers might have noticed above, the author includes political coordinates in his conception of "fringe" ("more supportive of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and conservatism") and "anti-fringe" ("anti-conspiracy theories, anti-pseudoscience, and liberal"). This is introduced rather casually in the paper without much justification... I don't want to quote the whole thing, but its worth a read.