How do conspiracy theories become a threat?

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Few things are more entertaining than conspiracy theories until they become dangerous. In Conspirituality, co-authors Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker encapsulate discussions from the podcast they started back in 2020 into a book addressing “How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat.”

The authors tackle how alt-health professionals have been actively spreading misinformation, ominous “medical” facts, and revealing supposedly hidden truths that “the powers that be” don’t want us to know throughout the COVID-19 pandemic…

… eventually creating a cult, rather than empowering people with new tools to navigate a stressful, if not terrifying new world, those alleged professionals focused on cultivating a following. They are centered around the pursuit of spirituality giving it a life of its own, often at the expense of evidence-based, scientific facts.

This move polarized people and had potentially devastating consequences, on their mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

The book offers sobering insights into when skepticism and critical thinking go so far as to become detrimental and how we can find our way back to more solid ground.