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> What does 'wanting a conspiracy' mean? It means that people become so obsessed with "critical thinking" that they will never be satisfied. Every group telli
by IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
> What does 'wanting a conspiracy' mean?
It means that people become so obsessed with "critical thinking" that they will never be satisfied. Every group telling them to let it go becomes just another brick in the wall of conspiracies surrounding them. Every shred of evidence just invites more questions about who faked it and why.
It's interesting to speculate on the motives, although somewhat mood. Some people probably enjoy just the thrill of thinking about these. Quite possibly, we have some circuits that engage in such speculation, and they do serve some purpose: After all, sometimes they really are coming for you. Maybe the ability to associate only with others that share your fantasies today is the real problem, because the trait itself evolved in times where it was kept in check by your immediate peers, whose rolling eyes would at some point get you to shut up.
This is rather detrimental for society because we no longer have any trusted sources of truth all sides of an argument agree on. Was the economy improving during Obama? "No, all those statistics are fake!" Is the economy continuing to improve? "No, the new guy is now faking the statistics!"
JFK, Area 51, Club 54,... these things have now thankfully passed the threshold of relevancy. But the problem is larger than ever before.
- olivermarks 7y agoBy 'problem' do you mean people not accepting the official narrative and having a go at 'critical thinking'? I wouldn't see that as a problem, I'd see that as a free society
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y agoSure, it's a "free society" where everyone gets to prove the usefulness of vaccines for themselves, from first principle, because the medical community is corrupt and cannot be trusted. Where people actually start to believe in a "flat earth", and not just as a parody of conspiracy theories, and fly to New Zealand for their yearly meeting (from both Europe and the US, in opposite directions, go figure). Yeah, that is "freedom", in some sense of the word. But people aren't actually using it to critical think about anything. They see it as license to choose the facts they believe and ignore those that are inconvenient.
- codr7 7y agoRight, lets pour another bucket of hatred and shame on those who don't feel like lining up to allow profit-addicted psychopaths to inject their latest cocktails straight into the bloodstream. Haven't they proven with the opioid cluster fuck how far they can be trusted? Anything can be, and has been bought in this society. Once enough money accumulates, democracy and science don't mean shit any more. Blind faith was always the issue, not religion or whatever. The difference between you and the people you're so afraid of is that they actually bothered to use their brains rather than parroting whatever bullshit they were programmed with and throwing rocks at anyone who disagrees. Most likely, they were you at some point.
- flatter_the 7y agoDude. No one believes in "flat earth" shit. It's all hype and media narrative. Those stories about a handful of schizo freaks are for clicks and ad impressions. Voyeurism for the supermarket checkout lane. You're a drone for eating up the tabloid nonsense that purports its popularity. It isn't popular. It isn't relevant. It isn't a thing.
- saalweachter 7y agoIt's the difference between "skepticism" and "contrarianism". A skeptic evaluates the evidence, and believes what it tells them. A contrarian rejects the official narrative, and works from there.
- msla 7y ago> By 'problem' do you mean people not accepting the official narrative and having a go at 'critical thinking'? I wouldn't see that as a problem, I'd see that as a free society The problem is that their version of "critical thinking" leads them down extremists rabbit holes like the ones which begin with listening to Alex Jones and ending with them trying to kill people at a pizza place because of purely imaginary Satanic pedophiles.