In my book Escaping the Rabbit Hole, I discuss how conspiracy theories exist on a spectrum of extremeness. I gave it an arbitrary 1-10 scale, with 1 being reasonable or understandable concerns, and 10 being utterly ridiculous fantasies. Any labeled theory (like, say, “Chemtrails”) does not exist at one point on that spectrum, but rather can span a quite wide range. I then go on to describe how individual people draw a line on that spectrum at the point they start to consider things to be silly.
People are concerned about the possible health effects of 5G wireless communication. Those concerns exist on a similar spectrum to the one described ... Read even more