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I would think way less than 0.1%. conspiracy theories are firmly in the domain of the bullshit asymmetry principle. When the real reasons many people engage in
by yummypaint 4y ago
I would think way less than 0.1%. conspiracy theories are firmly in the domain of the bullshit asymmetry principle. When the real reasons many people engage in conspiratorial patterns of though are examined, it's generally unrelated to persuing truth and has much more to do with seeking community and acceptance.
- phiy 4y agoThere are many genuinely insane conspiracy theories, but there are many that start as a seed then are investigated and found to be true. NSA's prism project was regarded as complete bullshit until it wasn't. US Gov adding poison to alcohol not meant for drinking. MKUltra was confirmed. Epstein's island. Surveillance of John Lennon and Hemmingway. Climate change. Tobacco causes cancer. Vietnam war was started by a false flag. To completely disregard that powerful people conspire to hide the truth is also disregarding meaningful opportunities to make the world a better place. Looking further back in history, it is easy to find many examples of people doing horrible things for money and power.
- AbrahamParangi 4y agoCandidly, if you truly believe that less than 0.1% of popular conspiracy theories are true then you should have very low confidence in your beliefs about anything. A minute fraction of conspiracy beliefs being true implies that viral nonsense constitutes a very large fraction of human thought - (which may be true!) - but which would then imply that most of your thoughts are also probably viral bullshit.