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That’s one of the things that's true, is that some people called me a conspiracy [theorist] on the Epstein stuff.
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ABC News, 16 June 2026
The political theorist Hélène Landemore has won notice as a champion of direct democracy, which would allow the barriers between center and periphery to give way.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Mina Aganagic, a string theorist at Berkeley who has taught calculus for 20 years, noticed something similar.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
That’s the behavior that theorists had described, at least.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
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ABC News, 16 June 2026
The political theorist Hélène Landemore has won notice as a champion of direct democracy, which would allow the barriers between center and periphery to give way.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Mina Aganagic, a string theorist at Berkeley who has taught calculus for 20 years, noticed something similar.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
That’s the behavior that theorists had described, at least.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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theorist
noun
the·o·rist
ˈthē-ə-rəst 
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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