Why Conspiracies?

[Hot Mega]

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.

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..'the death of truth'.

That's the problem, it basically amounts to which ideology or agenda the individual has a tendency to accept. Politics, science, etc. has been reduced to the courtroom tactics to two, different eggheads looking at the same set of facts who, for whatever reason then argue two, opposing conclusions to two sets of sycophants who don't have the ability to reconcile either.

In which case it boils down to which argument the sycophant has a predisposition for believing based on some ideology....ergo, 'the death of (contemporary) truth'.

Example, from the looks of it...virtually everyone in this thread who's lampooned the notion of conspiracies (the theories) as related to this article...has supported and argued conspiracy theories before on this same board through the filter of their political, social or otherwise predisposition.

 

[The Grasshopper]

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 ;(

I agree. Who knows which are true or not or even if any. My thoughts are that a new member, or any member for that matter not out to argue or troll, questioning events from the world in which he lives should be allowed to voice his opinion without being slammed by those who vehemously oppose his question.

What's the point, to shut him up? Others here may feel like sharing in a discussion, why not let them? The mobsters here have a thread and are generally allowed to discuss whatever they feel like discussing with their friends. Just avoid the topic or have a civil conversion about it if it bugs you that much. :2 cents:

 

[Death-Proof-69]

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

you do realize that scientific american is ran by the mind-controlled, hand puppet peons of the reptilian overlords don't you?

 

[Trident1]

you do realize that scientific american is ran by the mind-controlled, hand puppet peons of the reptilian overlords don't you?

Illuminati controlled and run by Abe Lincoln robots.

 

[Death-Proof-69]

Illuminati controlled and run by Abe Lincoln robots.

now you're starting to get it

 

[knowone]

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.

Generally well said, but the fact that we had "a president to dumb to wipe his own ass." was a real conspiracy!