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If there were an alien invasion tomorrow, conspiracy theorists would immediately begin claiming that aliens don’t exist and anyone who believes in them has been
by crmd 4y ago
If there were an alien invasion tomorrow, conspiracy theorists would immediately begin claiming that aliens don’t exist and anyone who believes in them has been brainwashed by George Soros and CNN. Nothing will change.
- maxehmookau 4y agoWell, that's depressing and probably accurate.
- xyzzy123 4y agoA recognisable alien invasion happening in our lifetimes is... astronomically improbable. I think it would be reasonable to be initially skeptical. Certainly if I just saw it on TV, it seems most probable that the news has got it wrong somehow.
- marcosdumay 4y agoA recognizable alien invasion is astronomically improbably by itself, no need to constrain into a lifetime. If we got invaded, we would all die never knowing it's happening.
- adolph 4y agoDon't Look up was a reasonably funny sendup in a similar vein. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Look_Up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Look_Up
- 4b2f736670 4y agoAs a bit of a conspiracy theorist myself, I would have to disagree. I'm honestly thankful when a presumed conspiracy is verified and adopts mass support. The Snowden leaks are a great example. People forget that pre-2013, USA mass surveillance was a conspiracy theory. James Clapper lied under oath to downplay the scope of the surveillance, and anyone who suggested this was a conspiracy theorist. I was considered a conspiracy theorist among certain friend groups. WMD in Iraq is another example that was very frustrating. Powerful people have conspired to commit crimes all throughout history. It seems we need a new word to describe this, because I guess conspiracy means something different to most people.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoSame is true if God existed :)