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6 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
"...One of the overlooked factors of Qanon: there’s an interactive, crowd-sourcing component where people compete, receive a “reward” (dopamine) for being the *cleverest*, connecting the furthest dispersed dots, & for (most absurdly) advancing the “story” the furthest/quickest."
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych Profile picture
6 Jan
Mind-numbingly dumb argument.
1. Trump's pathological dishonesty caused the "riot"
2. 147 Republicans voted to decertify (back Trump's lie)
3. A failed attempt does not negate intent
4. 58% of GOP votes still believe the lie...
5. ...b/c countless GOP politicians still support it
6. When the guy (Trump) who @benshapiro blames for the riot is the same guy who's a lock for the GOP nomination...it's not the focus on 1/6 that is "outsized".....what's "outsized" is the pathetic, intellectually dishonest dismissal of the threat. 2/

7. No, not the entire party or all of its voters. But support of Big Lie is the cost of admission into GOP primaries.

Using "all or nothing", absolute language is an intellectually dishonest attempt to distract from the truth.
See #'s 4 and 5 above. 3/

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych Profile picture
4 Jan
Malone carries himself like a disgruntled lover:

"If I can't have her....no one can".

If Malone was up for a Nobel prize, would he be all over Right Wing media disparaging the vaccines?

Probably not. 1/
If Malone was up for a Nobel Prize, he'd most likely be downplaying side effects of his "brilliant invention" as a minor/necessary risk.

At this point, the amount of attention/adulation he gets as the darling of the Bannon/Rogan audiences far exceeds that given to scientists. 2/
Malone is not going back....and as his "I alone" and 1930 era Germany comments indicate...

...he's going to give the people what they want...

...because the people give him what he wants:

Attention, adulation, and the money that will come with it.

3/
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych Profile picture
3 Jan
False predictions reinforce the addiction:

"The *anticipation* and the 50/50 optimization of dopamine production may explain why people aren't deterred when predictions, and the expectations created by those predictions, do not come true in cult situations or with Qanon." 1/
....2/...
....3/....
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych Profile picture
3 Jan
I rewritten about 80 threads as articles here: Patreon.com/NickCarmody (no paywall), with many expanding upon or combining the original threads. 1/
Here's the article versions of two of the threads: patreon.com/posts/31965639
patreon.com/posts/30899396
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych Profile picture
3 Jan
Yes, 3 threads. One analyzing Trump's disorders against DSM criteria:
"Trump’s Cluster B personality disorders make him psychologically ill-equipped/unfit for a job that requires him to be responsible for the well-being, safety, & interests of millions/billions of people." 1/
....2/....
....and another 3/
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych Profile picture
3 Jan
Several threads analyzing the neurobiological and cognitive processes underlying Qanon and conspiracy theory susceptibility/belief:

“’maybe’, is addictive like nothing else out there”.

“Maybe”, is the essence of conspiracy theories:

“Maybe, X is happening/occurring”

1/....
First a thread on cognitive processes, and Qanon as religion:....2a/....
.....2b/.....
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