Borrowed Authority — Bonus Article: The Mathematics of Conspiracy
How mathematical patterns, sacred geometry, numerical coincidences and esoteric symbolism can lend authority to claims that go beyond the evidence—and how to test the connections.
How mathematical patterns, sacred geometry, numerical coincidences and esoteric symbolism can lend authority to claims that go beyond the evidence—and how to test the connections.
How grand conspiracy charts turn real facts, coincidences and associations into sweeping explanations—and how to distinguish verified connections from unsupported inferences.
Flat Earth is a useful case study in how an old cosmological belief can accumulate historical authority, observations, experiments, scientific terminology and institutional distrust until it begins to look like a scientific system.
