QED rewatch: Rabbit Holes and Radicalisation (2022)

How do people come to believe sinister, all-encompassing conspiracy theories, and what factors draw them deeper into their delusions?

Featuring Rachel Schraer, Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Aaron Rabinowitz, and Michael Marshall @Marsh .

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QED rewatch: Rabbit Holes and Radicalisation (2022) | QED 2023

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**.