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"world leaders have a cure for cancer": Made up nonsense. "Russian hacking": Allegation supported by multiple law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
by 1_2__3 10y ago
"world leaders have a cure for cancer": Made up nonsense.
"Russian hacking": Allegation supported by multiple law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
- ticviking 10y agoYou are missing a key point of what makes a conspiracy theory different from a normal lie. The theory has just enough evidence to pull some fraction of vulnerable non-believers into examining it. From there social pressure, motivated reasoning, and the usual garden of cognitive biases lead people to believe there is more evidence than there actually is.