Can you imagine... keeping SECRETS for *any* length of time in *any* of the organisations you've either worked for or have direct experience of? Once you stop laughing its easy to dismiss the *vast* majority of conspiracy theories with very little effort!
As far as I can tell it makes them *feel* better about the world. In reality the world can be pretty chaotic and can *feel* out of control (essentially because it IS out of control) so believing that there's people IN control - even 'bad' people - means that the world isn't really as scary as it seems. I think that makes a weird kind of sense but seems 'reasonable'.
Generally speaking, the more powerless people feel, the more given they are to believing in conspiracy theories. Of course, people do conspire. The truth is concealed. Vietnam was a lie, as were the Iraq WMD's, and I'd sooner believe Muhammad flew to heaven on a winged horse than John McAfee killed himself -- let alone Epstein. ;-)
There's probably an accurate graph showing 'degree of powerless feelings' and 'probability of believing conspiracies' on a chart. If not there's a PhD in there somewhere!!
Conspiracies do indeed exist and have existed. The Truth is sometimes concealed and probably often played down or misrepresented. We've all seen it on TV - the Iraqi WMD's are a *classic* example.
But at the same time not every 'odd' occurrence means that there's a conspiracy behind it. Its sometimes difficult to know exactly where to draw the line. Generally, for me, my scepticism mostly trumps any of my conspiratorial musings unless I have a LOT of evidence to the contrary.
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I feel like *in*competency of people in leadership and groups makes the possibility of successful conspiracies very doubtful. :P
Can you imagine... keeping SECRETS for *any* length of time in *any* of the organisations you've either worked for or have direct experience of? Once you stop laughing its easy to dismiss the *vast* majority of conspiracy theories with very little effort!
While I love a good laugh that most conspiracy theories can provide, it is alarming how many people actually believe them.
As far as I can tell it makes them *feel* better about the world. In reality the world can be pretty chaotic and can *feel* out of control (essentially because it IS out of control) so believing that there's people IN control - even 'bad' people - means that the world isn't really as scary as it seems. I think that makes a weird kind of sense but seems 'reasonable'.
That's true. But these people who believe these things vote in our elections and we saw how that went in 2016.
Generally speaking, the more powerless people feel, the more given they are to believing in conspiracy theories. Of course, people do conspire. The truth is concealed. Vietnam was a lie, as were the Iraq WMD's, and I'd sooner believe Muhammad flew to heaven on a winged horse than John McAfee killed himself -- let alone Epstein. ;-)
There's probably an accurate graph showing 'degree of powerless feelings' and 'probability of believing conspiracies' on a chart. If not there's a PhD in there somewhere!!
Conspiracies do indeed exist and have existed. The Truth is sometimes concealed and probably often played down or misrepresented. We've all seen it on TV - the Iraqi WMD's are a *classic* example.
But at the same time not every 'odd' occurrence means that there's a conspiracy behind it. Its sometimes difficult to know exactly where to draw the line. Generally, for me, my scepticism mostly trumps any of my conspiratorial musings unless I have a LOT of evidence to the contrary.
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