[HN Gopher] The Woolworths Poltergeist
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       The Woolworths Poltergeist
        
       Author : hecubus
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2020-10-12 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | TwoBit wrote:
       | We laugh at people of the past who believed stupid things, yet
       | here we are in 2020 with so many believers of flat earth, pizza
       | gate, vaccine dangers, and pandemic hoaxes. A hundred years from
       | now it will be no different, but at least we'll finally have
       | flying cars.
        
       | devindotcom wrote:
       | This sounds very interesting, along the lines of the spiritualist
       | mania of the late Victorians. If you want to read of a more
       | disturbing and widespread version of this sort of thing, check
       | out Aldous Huxley's _The Devils of Loudon_. Chilling!
        
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