I found this interesting robot reading of a Cass Suntein report on conspiracy theory, so i decided to make a conspiracy step song at 140 bpm it’s pretty straight forward stuff and should be easy to mix into a bunch of different style sets. Below are links to the original file for you to make your own, he says some pretty funny stuff, check it out, clever fellow. it’s long and it isn’t a great song or anything, what’s important is some of the stuff he say’s, great foundation to throw stuff on top of, have fun kids.
original free music, public domain, freaky Steve, Revelation of the Method
Abstract:
Many millions of people hold conspiracy theories; they believe that powerful people have worked together in order to withhold the truth about some important practice or some terrible event. A recent example is the belief, widespread in some parts of the world, that the attacks of 9/11 were carried out not by Al Qaeda, but by Israel or the United States. Those who subscribe to conspiracy theories may create serious risks, including risks of violence, and the existence of such theories raises significant challenges for policy and law. The first challenge is to understand the mechanisms by which conspiracy theories prosper; the second challenge is to understand how such theories might be undermined. Such theories typically spread as a result of identifiable cognitive blunders, operating in conjunction with informational and reputational influences. A distinctive feature of conspiracy theories is their self-sealing quality. Conspiracy theorists are not likely to be persuaded by an attempt to dispel their theories; they may even characterize that very attempt as further proof of the conspiracy. Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such theories, the best response consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups. Various policy dilemmas, such as the question whether it is better for government to rebut conspiracy theories or to ignore them, are explored in this light.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1084585
Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University – Harvard Law School
Adrian Vermeule
Harvard University – Harvard Law School
January 15, 2008
Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 08-03
U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 199
U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 387
“Kommissar Cass Sunstein wrote a paper in 2008 advocating thought and speech control titled Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures. In it, Sunstein recommends a number of bizarre ways in which the government could “ban conspiracy theories.”
God's Will? 