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100% agree.

I think the inability to accept uncertainty in the world is, unfortunately, a big reason conspiracies thrive.

Too frightening to grok that a random virus can emerge and maybe kill us all or at least turn society upside down? There’s a conspiracy that makes it an easy “good guys vs. bad guys” story for you.



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