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A few simple questions for conspiracy theorists
Jason Thompson:
My question is:
Why, when you present your argument and someone points out the flaws, do you immediately go into childish, ranting, personal attacks, sarcasm, insults, and then run away? What do you have invested in your own idea of 'being right' that it is so fragile and must be protected at all costs? Why can't you even acknowledge the possibility your understanding may wrong? Why is it the more people try to show you where the information you need is and explain it to you, and the more and more impossible it becomes to honestly maintain your position, the more violently you fight against us? Why is it, when faced with this opportunity to learn more about something you seem to have such a great an interest in, the more stubbornly you refuse to do so?
Andromeda:
My question is:
Why, when I agree with "mainstream" views, do you assume it is because I am brainwashed and stupid? Why can you not consider the possibility that my education and experience, examined with my critical thinking skills, have led me to conclude that the mainstream view is correct simply because it is?
Inanimate Carbon Rod:
Surely "believer" would be a more appropriate word than "theorist"?
Echnaton:
--- Quote --- It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. ~H. L. Mencken
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HBs justify lying due to of the belief that all people in power lie, which follows from the knowledge that they, themselves, would be deceitful if they actually had any power.
Chew:
--- Quote from: Count Zero on January 23, 2013, 02:28:33 AM ---The question reminds me of a recent article in the British Journal of Social Psychology:
Does it take one to know one? Endorsement of conspiracy theories is influenced by personal willingness to conspire
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I was looking for that to post it, too. Thanks.
My question is what would happen if I asked the government, "Do you always lie?" Would the paradox cause time to stop? Would the universe re-collapse on itself?
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