Editing Tin foil hat (section)

== Origin ==
Some people – "Tin Foil Hatters" – have a belief that such hats prevent [[mind control by governments]], spies, mobsters, corporations, extraterrestrial, or paranormal beings that employ [[Extrasensory perception|ESP]] or the [[microwave auditory effect]]. People in many countries who believe they are "[[Electronic harassment|targeted individuals]]", subject to government, corporate, or criminal spying or harassment, have developed websites, conference calls, and support meetings to discuss their concerns, including the idea of protective headgear.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_3.html|title=Mind Games|last=Weinberger|first=Sharon|date=14 January 2007|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> ''Vice Magazine'' wrote that the tin foil hat in popular culture "can be traced back in a very weird and prescient short story written in 1927 by [[Julian Huxley]]"<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief Cultural History of the Tin Foil Hat |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-brief-cultural-history-of-the-tin-foil-hat/ |website=Vice.com |date=6 March 2015 |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> titled "[[The Tissue-Culture King]]", wherein the main character uses a metal hat to prevent being mind controlled by the villain scientist.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Huxley |first1=Julian |title=The Tissue-Culture King |url=http://www.revolutionsf.com/fiction/tissue/ |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Huxley1927">{{cite journal |last=Huxley |first=Julian |title=The Tissue-Culture King |date=August 1927 |journal=[[Amazing Stories]] |quote=Well, we had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect, and had prepared for ourselves a sort of tin pulpit, behind which we could stand while conducting experiments. This, combined with caps of metal foil, enormously reduced the effects on ourselves.}}</ref> Over time the term "tin foil hat" has become associated with [[paranoia]] and [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].<ref name="Crazy">{{cite web|title=Hey Crazy – Get a New Hat |url=http://www.bostonist.com/archives/2005/11/15/hey_crazyget_a_new_hat.php |access-date=5 April 2007 |date=15 November 2005 |publisher=Bostonist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503051428/http://www.bostonist.com/archives/2005/11/15/hey_crazyget_a_new_hat.php |archive-date=3 May 2007 }}</ref>