I’m not fond of the term “Meme,’ mostly because any serious analysis of what it takes to be a meme and how they get transferred usually breaks down (there’s a reason why Dawkin’s stopped referring to memes and started talking about the extended phenotype), but if we accept that there are these ‘packets of information [...]
Entries from July 28th, 2009
On Rumours, Conspiracy Theories and Facebook
July 28th, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: Conspiracy Theories · Facebook · Rumour
Talk/Presentation – The Slippery Slope of Conspiracy Theories
July 24th, 2009 3 Comments
On the 5th of August I will be doing a talk double-hander with David Merry in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. David will be talking about… Actually, I don’t seem to have made a note of that. I’ll correct this when I know. I will be previewing my talk to the [...]
Tags: Talk
Rejection once more
July 24th, 2009 No Comments
Well, the paper on Rumours and Conspiracy Theories has got its second rejection from the journal and, like last time, I received a largely positive review (it features a few points I’m going to take note of; not so much criticisms but things that could feature as footnotes) and a negative review (which was nowhere [...]
Voodoo Histories [Part 2] – The Dentith Files (95bFM)
July 19th, 2009 No Comments
Table of contents for Voodoo HistoriesVoodoo Histories [Part 1]Voodoo Histories [Part 2] – The Dentith Files (95bFM)Voodoo Scholarship on Voodoo Histories This week James and I discussed David Aaronvitch’s ‘Voodoo Histories,’ which lead into the discussion of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (something I keep calling, when not corrected, the Elder Protocols of [...]
Tags: Voodoo Histories
Final Call for the Conspiracy Theories course
July 18th, 2009 No Comments
You can still enrol; I know it starts on Monday but if you were thinking about enrolling and have not got around to it I’d just like to say that it’s still open and it would be great to have you along for the ride. Especially since this may be one of the last times [...]
