Somebody thinks they are sane? Now there's a real form of narcissism.
And of course where there was a lot of money involved those same
conspirators will spend a lot of money on psychological programs to make
the public look on those who might be figuring things out or speculating
a scenario too close to uncovering their crime as "conspiracy
theorists." Wow, some people get brainwashed by cults and realize it
after awhile but some of them fail to realize when they've been duped by
governments and corporations.
What a Divine Comedy. :-D
On 05/21/2015 01:52 AM, TurquoiseBee [email protected]
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
*/Re: Conspiracy theories as addiction, here's an article on the very
subject. Interestingly enough, the article -- sane and surprisingly
sanely written until you get to the last section -- appears on a
class-A conspiracy site. Go figure. That said, doesn't this quote
sound familiar? How many times have we heard the word "sheeple" used
by conspiracy theory addicts here on FFL?
/*
*The obsession with conspiracy theories has been compared to an
addiction. Once one has delved deeply into this mindset, recovery—a
return to balanced, sound thinking—is rare. What motivates a person to
immerse himself in them in the first place?*
*
*
**
*Conspiracy theories are a powerful source of pride and a wellspring
of intellectual vanity. The theorist comes to see himself as thinking
on a higher plane than the ignorant masses around him. He walks the
fringes of society, watching his surroundings with suspicion. /No one
realizes what’s going on/, he thinks.*
*
*
**
*If speaking his mind on conspiracies causes others to recoil, he
simply dismisses them as “dumb sheep” who cannot see what he sees.
Every episode like this further reaffirms how special this inside
information makes him.*
Why Conspiracy Theories?
<http://realtruth.org/articles/110203-001-society.html>
image <http://realtruth.org/articles/110203-001-society.html>
Why Conspiracy Theories?
<http://realtruth.org/articles/110203-001-society.html>
A Magazine Restoring Plain Understanding
View on realtruth.org
<http://realtruth.org/articles/110203-001-society.html>
Preview by Yahoo
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From:* "TurquoiseBee [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
*To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:48 AM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: For those who don't believe in
conspiracies
*From:* salyavin808 <[email protected]>
---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote :
One big one announced today. You and I do this we go to jail. The
banksters get a light fine. Their CEOs should be in prison and banks
broken up.
There isn't anyone who doesn't believe there are conspiracies. If you
were to tell me this was a plot by a secret shadow government to help
their reptilian overlords gain more power in the world then I would
say you were speculating beyond what is required for a satisfactory
explanation. That would be a conspiracytheory. Though not a very good
one as it involves things we don't know anything about and have no
knowledge of, like reptilian aliens and a government competent enough
to pull off complex projects.
*/
/*
*/Exactly. Conspiracies that stand the test of Occam's Razor have a
chance of having happened, because one does not have to invent
irrational and unprovable things to believe in them. Conspiracy
theories require the person who believes in them to invest in things
that cannot meet the Occam's Razor test (because there are simpler and
more likely explanations) and require the believer to invest in the
existence of complex "add-ons" to reality that cannot be proven to exist.
/*
*/
/*
*/The worst part about conspiracy theories IMO is that they are
addictive. There have been many studies showing that the moment
someone suspends belief in the rational and invests in one conspiracy
theories, they are much more likely to believe the next conspiracy
theory presented to them. Preferring irrational beliefs that cannot
pass the Occam's Razor test becomes a habit, so what you wind up with
is the people who flock to radio and TV shows that basically present
nothing *but* conspiracy theories. And the audiences, having now put
on the mindset of "believing the unbelievable" and "turning off their
discrimination," tune in every day to find out the next unlikely thing
they're supposed to feel all "elite" and "special" for "knowing."
/*
*/
/*
*/In other words, conspiracy theories are a drug, those who believe in
them are junkies, and those who promote them are pushers. /*
