Micz Flor
@micz-flor.bsky.social
Micz is a media developer, writer and therapist based in Berlin, originator of #phoniebox and #cuckoocaster, co-founder of Sourcefabric and Eigentlich-Podcast.
Why are conspiracy theories so sticky?
I want to illustrate the power of Mark Solms' and Karl Friston's psychoanalytic–neurocomputational framework (combining Solms' affective neuroscience and Friston's free energy principle) by applying it to the attraction of conspiracy theories.
A thread 🧵
I want to illustrate the power of Mark Solms' and Karl Friston's psychoanalytic–neurocomputational framework (combining Solms' affective neuroscience and Friston's free energy principle) by applying it to the attraction of conspiracy theories.
A thread 🧵
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Why are conspiracy theories so sticky?
I want to illustrate the power of Mark Solms' and Karl Friston's psychoanalytic–neurocomputational framework (combining Solms' affective neuroscience and Friston's free energy principle) by applying it to the attraction of conspiracy theories.
A thread 🧵
I want to illustrate the power of Mark Solms' and Karl Friston's psychoanalytic–neurocomputational framework (combining Solms' affective neuroscience and Friston's free energy principle) by applying it to the attraction of conspiracy theories.
A thread 🧵
Hello BlueSky. It's been a while since I last joined a new social network. It's kind of nice to not have any connections. Let's see where this gets me.
December 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hello BlueSky. It's been a while since I last joined a new social network. It's kind of nice to not have any connections. Let's see where this gets me.