I used to think you could be a 9/11 truther and still hold reasonable beliefs otherwise. I thought a lot of these people genuinely looked at the official story

I used to think you could be a 9/11 truther and still hold reasonable beliefs otherwise. I thought a lot of these people genuinely looked at the official story and related evidence with an open mind, and came to a different conclusion than I did. But the more of them I’ve met, the more I’ve found they tend to be everything-else truthers as well: moon landing, vaccines, etc., and I tend to disregard their arguments outright. Is that fair? Maybe not. But it’s borne out of years of similar interactions, and it’s saved me a lot of time and effort. Lately I’ve started acting similarly with doomers, almost inadvertently. If you think that e.g. climate change will make humanity go extinct in the next few decades, it’s likely you feel similarly about A.I., COVID, etc. I’m starting to shut out such claims immediately, or at least engage with them less. There seem to be certain personality types who gravitate towards certain types of beliefs. I’m not qualified to speculate as to why they do, but sometimes simply ignoring them can be… sensible.