In some respects, the ME might cautiously be considered as a conspiracy theory through the lens of this latter group — as the continuation of a playful, intuitive, premonitory critique of knowledge production in its Western, capitalistic mo…“CERN answers queries from social media.” Accessed October 14, 2018. https://home.cern/resources/faqs/cern-answers-queries-social-media.
“D-Wave 2000Q Tech Collateral.” D-Wave Systems Inc., 3. Accessed October 14, 2018. https://www.dwavesy…[^46]: Byford, Conspiracy Theories, 144.
[^47]: For Popper see The Open Society and Its Enemies (London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1962).
[^48]: See, for example, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the M…
Joseph Dumit
anthropologist · 3 mentions across 1 reading
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Joseph Dumit is an anthropologist known for studying how knowledge practices, particularly around science and technology, are entangled with culture, capitalism, and belief systems. While appearing only as a passing reference in these course materials, his work likely supports the seminar's examination of how AI, quantum computing, and scientific institutions generate both epistemological authority and conspiracy narratives—the tension between official knowledge production and alternative interpretations that the readings seem to probe. His anthropological approach to demystifying the social construction of scientific "facts" connects to how Pandaemonium Architecture frames AI and advanced technologies not as neutral tools but as sites where Western knowledge systems, economics, and imagination collide.
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