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	Podcast:		The Philosopher's Zone - Program podcast
	Episode:		Conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism and fun
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:38:31
	Publish Date:		2022-05-29 07:30:00
	Description:		You don’t have to be stupid to be a conspiracy theorist. Many people who buy into paranoid fantasies about stolen Presidential elections and sinister global Jewish cabals are perfectly sane, well-educated individuals. So why do they fall for these myths? This week we consider the possibility that the attraction is primarily aesthetic, and that the experience is fun. As for why the perennial focus on Jews: the answer can be found in a peculiar tension between philosophical monism and the worldview of the TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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