Why Conspiracies?

[Trident1]

Great article for the one or two nutjobs(you know who you are) on here to read about why people sometimes have a need to believe in conspiracies.

Why some people believe in this crap? Read on..........



http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-people-believe-in-conspiracies

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

People like to believe there is more to things than what they're told. Every once and a while, one gets proven true and it somehow convinces everyone that all others must be true as well. :dunno:

That aside, I like reading about them cause they're entertaining. To hear people come out and say the Nazis met with aliens and created UFOs and are on the moon and be serious about it is entertainingly hilarious.

 

[Ace Bandage]

I agree that some conspiracies would make great movies. And the explanations are generally plausible if you throw out the scientific method and common sense.

It's also entertaining to see people vehemently defend these theories against a mountain of evidence to the contrary. I get a kick out of that.

 

[Trident1]

It's sad to see those who believe in them, no matter how much evidence you provide to counter their conspiracy belief they become more withdrawn and have deep need to believe in idiots like Alex Jones or Jesse Ventura.

 

[jod0565]

They are crop dusting all of us. Look to the skies!

 

[TheOrangeCat]

To use a British term, when trying to divine the factors and drivers behind events, it's always cock-up over conspiracy.

Behind every grand theory, every tantalizing strand of 'evidence', there lurks something far more dangerous than the boogey men of international shadow governments. What lies there is the mundane, working stiff, uninteresting truth.

911 happened because people fucked up. Memos sat on desks for too long, border patrols didn't ask enough questions, visa's were granted with too much leniency.

The only thing that ties these things together is human faliability, not a master plan of fiendish ingenuity.

A 25 year veteran border guard sweating his last few months until retirement; an agency middle manager too busy or too concerned with his own career to read memos from low ranking field agents based in nowhere towns; a president to dumb to wipe his own ass.

This is how disasters occur. Cock ups.

Not conspiracies.

 

[shayd]

I've always thought that conspiracies exist for a simple reason:

Some people are just too fucking stupid to function as a rational thinking human being. When this occurs, they throw out any semblance of critical thinking or really and go wild. Sadly, this board seems to be increasingly powerful as a magnet for these people.

 

[vodkazvictim]

Great article for the one or two nutjobs(you know who you are) on here to read about why people sometimes have a need to believe in conspiracies.

Why some people believe in this crap? Read on..........



http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-people-believe-in-conspiracies

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[wigster]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-people-believe-in-conspiracies

Don't believe it, it's a conspiracy!!!

 

[arianajoladdict]

its all about having an open mind

 

[BlueBalls]

its all about having an open mind

Indeed it is, but this doesn't mean you overlook scientific evidence in pursuit of said "open mind."

 

[Deepcover]

An expression indicating suspicion, conspiracy, or a cover-up. Nobody likes cover-ups.

 

[Facetious]

Good article!

I don't subscribe to the kooky, out of the blue / over the top - Alex Jones - Jesse Ventura types of conspiracy theories because their theories, besides being cooked up as singular beliefs, they often branch out into a plethora of other highly implausible conspiracy theories that somehow are supposed to (I guess :dunno: ) support their original "thesis conspiracy".
It ain't gonna fly, jackson!!

But in the meantime, let's not kid ourselves, our government(s) along with the corporate hierarchies of this world are riddled with conspiracy induced corruption and deceitfulness,
after all, absolute power corrupts absolutely! :2 cents:

 

[roronoa3000]

To use a British term, when trying to divine the factors and drivers behind events, it's always cock-up over conspiracy.

Behind every grand theory, every tantalizing strand of 'evidence', there lurks something far more dangerous than the boogey men of international shadow governments. What lies there is the mundane, working stiff, uninteresting truth.

911 happened because people fucked up. Memos sat on desks for too long, border patrols didn't ask enough questions, visa's were granted with too much leniency.

The only thing that ties these things together is human faliability, not a master plan of fiendish ingenuity.

A 25 year veteran border guard sweating his last few months until retirement; an agency middle manager too busy or too concerned with his own career to read memos from low ranking field agents based in nowhere towns; a president to dumb to wipe his own ass.

This is how disasters occur. Cock ups.

Not conspiracies.

You idiot, everyone know it was Cheney

 

[Master Roshi]

It's sad to see those who believe in them, no matter how much evidence you provide to counter their conspiracy belief they become more withdrawn and have deep need to believe in idiots like Alex Jones or Jesse Ventura.

its sad to see sheep who believe anything that is told to them and don't question anything out of the unusual, the mind is a like a parachute, it won't work unless you have the will to open it up

 

[Hot Mega]

"Why People Believe in Conspiracies--A skeptic's take on the public's fascination with disinformation"

(Doesn't the writer even know the difference between a "conspiracy" and "conspiracy theory"??)

Just like the writer, people usually conflate conspiracy with conspiracy theory. There are plenty of reasons to believe in conspiracies because a conspiracy is something that actually happened and was uncovered. People believe in conspiracy theories primarily because some credible number or percentage (for simpletons and eggheads) of theories have proven to be actual conspiracies.

With respect to government conspiracies to cover up and/or carry out sensitive or potentially unethical operations outside of the public knowledge ...shouldn't that be common sense?:dunno:

Whether it be MK-ULTRA, The Gulf of Tonkin incident, Mockingbird, etc.; past, reasonably substantiated conspiracies foster belief in new ones. The inclination of some to believe in them isn't divided along evidentiary, logical/illogical, smart or dumb lines but ideological ones. The majority of people have some propensity for believing a conspiracy theory based on whether it fits one of their preconceived notions.

Most people have no first hand knowledge of any circumstances related to true conspiracies. They are fascinated with the notion of them for the simplest of reasons...people don't tend to trust coincidental circumstances and they like good rumors that make sense of things according to their ideology.

We see it all the time (even on this board) where the notion of conspiracies is dismissed by some to the same people who perpetuate others that fit into their ideology.

 

[Trident1]

"Why People Believe in Conspiracies--A skeptic's take on the public's fascination with disinformation"

(Doesn't the writer even know the difference between a "conspiracy" and "conspiracy theory"??)

Just like the writer, people usually conflate conspiracy with conspiracy theory. There are plenty of reasons to believe in conspiracies because a conspiracy is something that actually happened and was uncovered. People believe in conspiracy theories primarily because some credible number or percentage (for simpletons and eggheads) of theories have proven to be actual conspiracies.

With respect to government conspiracies to cover up and/or carry out sensitive or potentially unethical operations outside of the public knowledge ...shouldn't that be common sense?:dunno:

Whether it be MK-ULTRA, The Gulf of Tonkin incident, Mockingbird, etc.; past, reasonably substantiated conspiracies foster belief in new ones. The inclination of some to believe in them isn't divided along evidentiary, logical/illogical, smart or dumb lines but ideological ones. The majority of people have some propensity for believing a conspiracy theory based on whether it fits one of their preconceived notions.

Most people have no first hand knowledge of any circumstances related to true conspiracies. They are fascinated with the notion of them for the simplest of reasons...people don't tend to trust coincidental circumstances and they like good rumors that make sense of things according to their ideology.

We see it all the time (even on this board) where the notion of conspiracies is dismissed by some to the same people who perpetuate others that fit into their ideology.

Mega.........for cryin' out loud...................

 

[Hot Mega]

Mega.........for cryin' out loud...................

:cussing:

Do you know how much sleep you made us lose over this "pearl of wisdom"?

My beef with this Cordoba muslim center is genuine and not part of some nebulous super secret illuminati plot.

Make up your damned mind!!:yahoo:

 

[Master Roshi]

but nonetheless I am happy to be having these types of heavy thinking discussions on the freeones message boards with the board members oh and one more fact about sheep, when the wolves hunt them on the planes the sheep just watch the wolves approach them and they pretty much roll over and let the wolves eat them alive as they scream bah in agony and pain ;(

 

[Facetious]

Indeed it is, but this doesn't mean you overlook scientific evidence in pursuit of said "open mind."

Whose scientific evidence I must ask?
A panel of scientists, a mad scientist, a scientist with a particular political agenda in mind?

I'm not supporting the kooks, understand, I just believe that scientific evidence in general needs a thorough cross examination before we put anything to rest.