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When people with influence confidently label and laugh at conspiracy theories, and one or more turn out to be true, it becomes easier for some to trust the peop
by batch12 3y ago
When people with influence confidently label and laugh at conspiracy theories, and one or more turn out to be true, it becomes easier for some to trust the people who find conspiracies everywhere.
- mistermann 3y agoEven better: one can now know not to trust mainstream authorities, but ithat does not require one to trust conspiracy theorists.
- lizardking 3y agoOne can, but in practice it seems like more people just won't believe the "official story" anymore. That's the behavior that I've seen manifesting lately.
- mistermann 3y agoWell that's kinda my point: trusting the official story is known to be not rational behavior, where rational ~= "aspiring to have a maximally accurate / minimally inaccurate model of reality.