Nathan Radke

We want to know, but why, though?

What's behind it?

And it's much more satisfying to us if it isn't just why did this happen, but who made this happen?

What deliberate agency is behind this thing?

And conspiracy theories can give us an explanation for our feelings of dread.

Dread is a terrible experience.

I know you don't worry about anxiety and dread and things like that.

What are you talking about?

That's my, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, anyway, go on.

Yes.

So you know that what can help you deal with anxiety are explanations, are trying to understand the situation, trying to hold on to the situation.

Unfortunately, the information, so you went out and grabbed some good information.

Well, probably.

But it's just as easy for us to go out and grab some misinformation or disinformation.

I mean, as ridiculous as it sounds to fall for a giant sea monster story, it's in part because people right now are reaching for metaphors that describe how uncertain and frightening the world is.

And what better than a sea monster to explain that?

Well, exactly.

I mean, think about like movie monster metaphors.

Think about Godzilla, the original Godzilla film.