JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories, Reviewed
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An 8,000 word deep dive into all the theories you've heard of, and some you probably haven't.
Today, in unintentional honor of Presidents’ Day, a deep dive into JFK conspiracy theories. I originally wrote this for last year’s Astral Codex Ten Everything-Except-Book Review Contest, where it only made honorable mention, presumably due to a conspiracy against me. “Things do not ‘happen.’ Things are made to happen.” —John F. Kennedy The Behistun Inscription, a cuneiform rock relief carved around 500 B.C. by the Persian king Darius I, tells of a devious plot by the Magi priest Gaumata to seize the throne. After murdering the true king, Gaumata impersonates him and rules in…
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