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Politics Central / Conspiracy Theories / Re: Conspiracy Review--Nice collection of articles.
« on: May 25, 2011, 09:05:18 AM »
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Obtuser, I agree with you it's just this topic really didn't have any more depth for me other than what I have already posted but I do try to respond to anyone when they mention something I posted. Not to satifying I know when someone wants to engage in a debate with figures and links and theories proposed and refuted but I am just being honest about what I meant in my post.
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Politics Central / Conspiracy Theories / Re: Conspiracy Review--Nice collection of articles.
« on: May 25, 2011, 08:12:57 AM »
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bobbo,
if you really want to engage in a discussion you can't restate things I say out of context or spin them out as answers to another question not asked. I believe other people believe big conspiracies stop. you can't take that statement and blow it up into a statement that some people believe anything because that just stops the conversation as I made no such claim. I think people believe in the grand conspiracy theories because they are intelllectual lazy and that is a easy path to walk once you go there. Thats all I had to say though I am willing to respond if you have an insight or another point you would like to make? besides the basic one that you make about my post? Why do you think intelligent people believe the grander conspiracy theories? |
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Politics Central / Conspiracy Theories / Re: Conspiracy Review--Nice collection of articles.
« on: May 24, 2011, 07:53:42 PM »
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I don't "believe" in conspiracy theories per se but I do believe in the fact that people will go to great lengths to cover their incompetency, see Watergate, cigarette industry etc. I also think that when you start assigning motives for actions you can slide right into the conspiracy mind set which is why I think if you believe one you belive another more easily. To me it seems that it is easier to not do any critical thinking then it is to do it. Once you do that and something reinforces that you repeat that as the course of least resistance.You said why if you believe one conspiracy like the AL Gore AGW one would you believe the next like cold fusion? To me that indicates you are still thinking critically so you have answered your own question, because you would still be questioning the first premise. Now I am assuming you are not discussing a criminal conspiracy which is a different matter as it is pretty defined by the judicial system.
As to my beliefs in a 'conspiracy" I think the closest I come to that is I believe that the US has a coporate culture that permates every level of our society and because of this culture people think and act in a very homogenous way therefore it is easy for someone to leap to a conclusion that there is a group or groups of people trying to reach a preplanned goal or goals. That leap though is where the critical thinking must occur and that is why I said I get close but stop before I assign a conspiracy idea. It is just a monolithic culture which has as a consequence people acting and working toward a perceived similar self interest that if you look at it noncritical looks like a planned campaign hence "conspiracy". This is easier to believe then the more critical thought that people are willing to act and think alike on a variety of issues if you provide the right environment for that to happen. |
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