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darq@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

If it's conspiracy theories in general, and not just the soy thing, then I think you might be taking the wrong approach. Just trying to debunk the soy thing might prove impossible because there is some underlying cause that is making him want to believe it.

Your friend might be being radicalised. By a person he trusts, a community he is a part of, or simply by the algorithm of a website he is spending his time on. In which case, getting him to let go of the conspiracies is going to be extremely difficult, because to do so would lose him those connections.

It doesn't sound like he's too far gone though. Maybe reasserting healthy connections will help, and if you can try breaking his media habits.

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