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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge
Modern Conspiracy attempts to sketch a new conception of conspiracy
theory. Where many commentators have sought to characterize
conspiracy theory in terms of the collapse of objectivity and
Enlightenment reason, Fleming and Jane trace the important role of
conspiracy in the formation of the modern world: the scientific
revolution, social contract theory, political sovereignty,
religious paranoia and mass communication media. Rather than see in
conspiratorial thinking the imminent death of Enlightenment reason,
and a regression to a new Dark Age, Modern Conspiracy contends that
many characteristic features of conspiracies tap very deeply into
the history of the Enlightenment itself: among other things, its
vociferous critique of established authorities, and a conception of
political sovereignty fuelled by fear of counter-plots. Drawing out
the roots of modern conspiratorial thinking leads us to truths less
salacious and scandalous than the claims of conspiracy theorists
themselves yet ultimately far more salutary: about mass
communication; about individual and crowd psychology; and about our
conception of and relation to knowledge.Perhaps, ultimately, what
conspiracy theory affords us is a renewed opportunity to reflect on
our very relationship to the truth itself.
Mind Synergy is about you. It is about how you lost your mind and
how with my help you're going to get it back. If you think I am
talking science fiction. Fine, but first ask yourself this; "Why do
I always doubt myself?" "Why am I stressed out?" "Why don't I have
the confidence to realise my goals?" And "Why oh why am I not happy
or at least happier?" Believe it or not your mind has the same
anatomy as Einstein or any other genius for that matter, the only
difference between you and them is that they found the way to use
their mind effectively and efficiently. Mind synergy shows you how
to silence the negative voices and how to get your mind to work in
sync with you and for you. What would your life be like if you
could use your mind to its full genius potential and you were
confident and happy? The answer is inside...
Fake News in Digital Cultures presents a new approach to
understanding disinformation and misinformation in contemporary
digital communication, arguing that fake news is not an alien
phenomenon undertaken by bad actors, but a logical outcome of
contemporary digital and popular culture, conceptual changes
meaning and truth, and shifts in the social practice of trust,
attitude and creativity. Looking not to the problems of the present
era but towards the continuing development of a future digital
media ecology, the authors explore the emergence of practices of
deliberate disinformation. This includes the circulation of
misleading content or misinformation, the development of new
technological applications such as the deepfake, and how they
intersect with conspiracy theories, populism, global crises,
popular disenfranchisement, and new practices of regulating
misleading content and promoting new media and digital literacies.
David Icke has been writing books for decades warning that current events were coming. He has faced ridicule and abuse for saying that the end of human freedom was being planned, how, and by whom.
David Icke’s The Biggest Secret, first published in 1998, has been called the "Rosetta Stone" of the conspiracy movement for the way it exposes how the pieces fit and the nature of the force behind human control.
The Trap is the "Rosetta Stone" of illusory reality and opens the door to freedom in its greatest sense.
Read this book and the "world" will never look the same again. The veil of illusion shall be swept aside and the amazing truth this has kept from us shall set you free.
The untold account of the countless Americans who believe in, or
personally experience, paranormal phenomena such as ghosts,
Bigfoot, UFOs and psychics Given the popularity of television shows
such as Finding Bigfoot, Ghost Hunters, Supernatural, and American
Horror Story, there seems to be an insatiable public hunger for
mystical happenings. But who believes in the paranormal? Based on
extensive research and their own unique personal experiences,
Christopher Bader, Joseph Baker and Carson Mencken reveal that a
significant number of Americans hold these beliefs, and that for
better or worse, we undoubtedly live in a paranormal America.
Readers will join the authors as they participate in psychic and
palm readings, and have their auras photographed, join a Bigfoot
hunt, follow a group of celebrity ghost hunters as they investigate
claims of a haunted classroom, and visit a support group for alien
abductees. The second edition includes new and updated research
based on findings from the Baylor Religion survey regarding
America's relationship with the paranormal. Drawing on these
diverse and compelling sources of data, the book offers an engaging
account of the social, personal, and statistical stories of
American paranormal beliefs and experiences. It examines topics
such as the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the United States,
the ways in which these beliefs relate to each other, whether
paranormal beliefs will give rise to a new religion, and how
believers in the paranormal differ from "average" Americans.
Brimming with fascinating anecdotes and provocative new findings,
Paranormal America offers an entertaining yet authoritative
examination of a growing segment of American religious culture.
New Lands was the second nonfiction book of the author Charles
Fort, written in 1925. It deals primarily with astronomical
anomalies. Fort expands in this book on his theory about the
Super-Sargasso Sea - a place where earthly things supposedly
materialize in order to rain down on Earth - as well as developing
an idea that there are continents above the skies of Earth. As
evidence, he cites a number of anomalous phenomena, including
strange "mirages" of land masses, groups of people, and animals in
the skies. He also continues his attacks on scientific dogma,
citing a number of mysterious stars and planets that scientists
failed to account for.
Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The
Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the
first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational
overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how
conspiracy theories relate to religion(s). Bringing together
experts from a wide range of disciplines, from psychology and
philosophy to political science and the history of religions, the
book sets the standard for the interdisciplinary study of religion
and conspiracy theories.
Does our universe exist inside of a computer? Have the strange
phenomena of quantum physics finally been explained? Not IMPOSSIBLE
demonstrates that the surprising answer may be Yes But the material
world is real we insist, knocking on wood. How can this all be just
information inside of a computer? Surely that's impossible Climb
aboard as computer science and AI researcher, G. Wells Hanson,
takes us on the seemingly impossible journey from our universe,
into the depths of a computerized universe. As you ride, your
fingers are pried loose from your current ideas of reality. Watch
as your material world slowly begins to fade. You will travel
through the machinery of the worlds of human thinking, quantum
reality, the brain, and the mind. Finally, you enter a universe
programmed within a computer, where the strange phenomena that
appear there provides an explanation for the mysterious quantum
physics that has puzzled humankind for a century. Shaun Holmes, MA,
and high school math teacher, describes the book as ...an
intellectual thrill-ride that takes us from our everyday world, to
a place where I question my very existence...and there's no going
back
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