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Careful though: we don't have any way of knowing with remotely any accuracy what the conspiracy theory world is composed of, or what conspiracy theorists believ
by mistermann 3y ago
Careful though: we don't have any way of knowing with remotely any accuracy what the conspiracy theory world is composed of, or what conspiracy theorists believe, we only can go on what others (often very persuasively) say about them.
Believe what you'd like, but at least have some realization of what's really going on.
- krapp 3y agoConspiracy theorists have entire ecosystems of boards and forums where they themselves discuss what they believe, and they often spread their beliefs openly. The premise that "the conspiracy theory world" is a black box is ridiculous.
- mistermann 3y ago> Conspiracy theorists have entire ecosystems of boards and forums where they themselves discuss what they believe, and they often spread their beliefs openly. Some of them do. > The premise that "the conspiracy theory world" is a black box is ridiculous. It is indeed - did you notice that it wasn't me who said that? You are bot criticizing conspiracy theorists, you are criticizing your internal representation of them, that's why you make unforced errors: what you see is not the thing itself. It is painful having to explain this to people over and over, and having them laugh as if it's some sort of a pseudo-scientific conspiracy theory - it is literally a scientific fact.
- cocacola1 3y ago> Believe what you'd like, but at least have some realization of what's really going on. What's really going on, though?
- mistermann 3y agoDepends how technical you want to get with your terms, like "really" and "is". :)
- cocacola1 3y agoI get the Bill Clinton reference, but to be fair, these were your terms.