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"Type: \"Like all forms of midlife crisis, the sudden lurch into conspiracism  offers middle-aged men a sense of revitalization and adventure, writes Kay. \"For a  middle-aged man who's grown tired of life's patterns, conspiracism  provides more than just fresh surroundings: It offers an entirely new  reality.\"\r\nExample: Richard Gage. Gage heads a California-based group Architects &amp;amp; Engineers for 9/11 Truth. The group focuses on the&amp;nbsp; precise sequence of events leading to the collapse of the WTC, which Gage is convinced was brought down not by planes alone but by \"controlled demolition.\" A fixture on the Truther speaking circuit, he's known for his 600-slide Powerpoint presentation, Blueprint for Truth, which purports to debunk the official account of 9/11.  \"I would rather die speaking the truth than live in a police state, which is what 9/11 laid the groundwork for,\" he tells Kay. Gage caught the 9/11 Truth bug in 2006 after attending a talk by a leading Truther, David Ray Griffin. His obsession has cost him friends, his career as an architect, his marriage, and his house.\r\nRelated\r\nParanoid Nation: How Conspiracy Theories Are Destrying America\r\n&amp;nbsp;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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