Rabbit Holes and Radicalisation (2022)

From the flat earth, to QAnon, to pandemic denialism, recent years have seen an astonishing rise of grand, all-encompassing conspiracy theories. How do so many people come to believe in such dark and sinister versions of reality, and what are the factors – social, psychological and technological – that draw them deeper and deeper into their delusions? Our panel from QED 2022 discussing this were Rachel Schraer, Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Aaron Rabinowitz and chair Michael Marshall. Tickets for QED 2023 are available now from https://qedcon.org/