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Kraichgauer
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30 Aug 2016, 2:17 am
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(it happened already, big time for therapists (pun) but after years it wasn't ever true, )
mass-psychose hits again 
ridiculous religious right sees its own ghosts, pedophilea, everywhere
[We propose the quasi-religious hypothesis for CTs: CTs are quasi-religious representations, in that their contents, forms, and functions parallel those found in beliefs supported by institutionalized religions, though CTs lack certain features of organized religions. Being quasi-religious offers an explanation of CTs’ ubiquity, especially in postindustrial secular societies. But CTs appeal especially to constituencies who are averse to the strictures of organized religions or established political orthodoxies. CTs have a subversive flavor that contradicts official accounts of events, be they secular or religious. This feature is difficult to explain via cognitive science, but is a primary focus of social representations theory. Social representations theory explains how CTs enable laypersons to make sense of complex, ambiguous situations, how CTs spread, and how they may change during spreading. However, social representations theory does not focus primarily on how representations get used by social groups to achieve political ends, and so we invoke frame theory to deal with this aspect.
We review relevant aspects of cognitive science of religion, social representations theory, and frame theory, applying them to the analysis of CT features. This generates a set of propositions about CTs that can be used to develop further empirical investigations. In what follows, we use specific terminology: CTs are propagated by sponsors who seek to spread sticky representations of events to a larger audience, often with the intent to frame them into action.]
[Insofar as our account emphasizes overinterpreted agency as a means of managing collective anxiety, the quasi-religious hypothesis overlaps with other accounts of CTs. Other accounts argue for the centrality of ideology, discourse or political beliefs in CTs’ anxiety management (e.g., Hogg and Blaylock, 2011; Van Prooijen, 2011), or for agency issues per se in CTs (e.g., Shermer, 2012; Swami and Furnham, 2012), without adverting to religion. Such accounts are powerful and illuminating.
- management of anxiety by transforming unspecific anxieties into focused fears ] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712257/
the important thing is staying up and about in emotionality,
all on board for the new age of obscurantism 
30 Aug 2016, 8:33 pm
Do they all float?
(Remake pics looks like it majorly sucks compared to the mighty Curry).
30 Aug 2016, 9:18 pm
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31 Aug 2016, 11:28 am
mass-psychose hits again
ridiculous religious right sees its own ghosts, pedophilea, everywhere[We propose the quasi-religious hypothesis for CTs: CTs are quasi-religious representations, in that their contents, forms, and functions parallel those found in beliefs supported by institutionalized religions, though CTs lack certain features of organized religions. Being quasi-religious offers an explanation of CTs’ ubiquity, especially in postindustrial secular societies. But CTs appeal especially to constituencies who are averse to the strictures of organized religions or established political orthodoxies. CTs have a subversive flavor that contradicts official accounts of events, be they secular or religious. This feature is difficult to explain via cognitive science, but is a primary focus of social representations theory. Social representations theory explains how CTs enable laypersons to make sense of complex, ambiguous situations, how CTs spread, and how they may change during spreading. However, social representations theory does not focus primarily on how representations get used by social groups to achieve political ends, and so we invoke frame theory to deal with this aspect.
We review relevant aspects of cognitive science of religion, social representations theory, and frame theory, applying them to the analysis of CT features. This generates a set of propositions about CTs that can be used to develop further empirical investigations. In what follows, we use specific terminology: CTs are propagated by sponsors who seek to spread sticky representations of events to a larger audience, often with the intent to frame them into action.]
[Insofar as our account emphasizes overinterpreted agency as a means of managing collective anxiety, the quasi-religious hypothesis overlaps with other accounts of CTs. Other accounts argue for the centrality of ideology, discourse or political beliefs in CTs’ anxiety management (e.g., Hogg and Blaylock, 2011; Van Prooijen, 2011), or for agency issues per se in CTs (e.g., Shermer, 2012; Swami and Furnham, 2012), without adverting to religion. Such accounts are powerful and illuminating.
- management of anxiety by transforming unspecific anxieties into focused fears ] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712257/
the important thing is staying up and about in emotionality,
all on board for the new age of obscurantism
hmm or maybe there really are weirdos clowns hanging out in the woods, why do you think it is mass psychosis is more likely than people actually having seen them?
Kraichgauer
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31 Aug 2016, 11:44 am
mass-psychose hits again
ridiculous religious right sees its own ghosts, pedophilea, everywhere[We propose the quasi-religious hypothesis for CTs: CTs are quasi-religious representations, in that their contents, forms, and functions parallel those found in beliefs supported by institutionalized religions, though CTs lack certain features of organized religions. Being quasi-religious offers an explanation of CTs’ ubiquity, especially in postindustrial secular societies. But CTs appeal especially to constituencies who are averse to the strictures of organized religions or established political orthodoxies. CTs have a subversive flavor that contradicts official accounts of events, be they secular or religious. This feature is difficult to explain via cognitive science, but is a primary focus of social representations theory. Social representations theory explains how CTs enable laypersons to make sense of complex, ambiguous situations, how CTs spread, and how they may change during spreading. However, social representations theory does not focus primarily on how representations get used by social groups to achieve political ends, and so we invoke frame theory to deal with this aspect.
We review relevant aspects of cognitive science of religion, social representations theory, and frame theory, applying them to the analysis of CT features. This generates a set of propositions about CTs that can be used to develop further empirical investigations. In what follows, we use specific terminology: CTs are propagated by sponsors who seek to spread sticky representations of events to a larger audience, often with the intent to frame them into action.]
[Insofar as our account emphasizes overinterpreted agency as a means of managing collective anxiety, the quasi-religious hypothesis overlaps with other accounts of CTs. Other accounts argue for the centrality of ideology, discourse or political beliefs in CTs’ anxiety management (e.g., Hogg and Blaylock, 2011; Van Prooijen, 2011), or for agency issues per se in CTs (e.g., Shermer, 2012; Swami and Furnham, 2012), without adverting to religion. Such accounts are powerful and illuminating.
- management of anxiety by transforming unspecific anxieties into focused fears ] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712257/
the important thing is staying up and about in emotionality,
all on board for the new age of obscurantism
hmm or maybe there really are weirdos clowns hanging out in the woods, why do you think it is mass psychosis is more likely than people actually having seen them?
That's my take on it. It wouldn't surprise me that some pedophile dressed as a clown is trying to lure children away.
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Kraichgauer
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