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I've always assumed that committed conspiracy theorists are just trolls rolling with it (because nobody could be so stupid as to actually believe in the conspir
by scoot 7mo ago
I've always assumed that committed conspiracy theorists are just trolls rolling with it (because nobody could be so stupid as to actually believe in the conspiracy's premise). So no amount of evidence is going to "convince" them, because they already know the truth, and don't care.
But then perhaps over time, they somehow attracted people who genuinely are that stupid, and uncritically believe? That demographic is obviously going to be too stupid to critically assess any new evidence either.
- DANmode 7mo agoand this is your theory for…all theories? or just the “obviously stupid” ones?
- idiotsecant 7mo agoPlenty (most?) of the people you interact with every day primarily form their worldview based on what feels good emotionally. It's not a matter of stupidity, plenty of smart people delude themselves into thinking easily falsifiable things. We are barely sentient shit slinging apes.
- foxglacier 7mo agoDo you think the same way about religious believers? This is a rhetorical question to help you understand why people hold false beliefs. Of course Mohammed wasn't really the messenger of God, but it's a popular false belief for some reason that isn't stupidity or trolling.
- GJim 7mo ago> I've always assumed that committed conspiracy theorists are just trolls rolling with it As a schoolkid, our physics teacher was a flat earther. He drove us kids mad arguing with him that the earth is spherical. Canny bloke.