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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Also, consider Captain Ahab, who was sucked down into the swirling depths by obsession and paranoia, a metaphor for conspiracy theories.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/04/please-tell-me-more/

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• Think about it. He’s called Captain Hook, but there’s no way he was born with the name Hook. He was born with hands. And what character 21 years earlier and was about 21 years younger? Long John Silver’s coxswain: Mr Israel Hands. (remote)