I wasn&#x27;t focusing on the genesis of these ideas, which frankly have always been around in every technological era, I was talking about how such ideas can persist in the age of limitless information, education, and technology. And my answer was as stated above. The curious thing is that as information and access to information has increased, the &quot;intrenchedness&quot; of some of these fringe ideas has increased as well; like an opposite and equal effect. I would have expected the opposite. So I&#x27;d say that hyper-connectivity has made community ties stronger for believers in order to survive the information onslaught. Nothing binds a small community more then direct opposition from, well, everyone.