This is an incredibly valuable piece: @cwarzel got advice from a host of experts about the best ways to talk to friends & family about conspiracy theories https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories-family.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/2...

"I explain how, in past conspiracies, there is usually some whistle-blower or news report, & then the whole thing unravels quickly. Witnesses come forward, then victims....I try to get them to think about concrete things & logistical details"

"the idea is to introduce a little bit of doubt or cognitive dissonance into a conspiratorial thinker’s framework....similar to the way water finds its way into tiny cracks of a building’s foundation & then freezes and thaws, expanding & contracting to slowly widen the fissures."