RE: Conspiracies
January 20, 2016 at 7:19 am
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2016 at 7:26 am by Alex K.)
Besides the above mentioned "high" one gets from allegedly being in the know and part of an elite of insiders (despite generally leading a humdrum life with little or no personal power), conspiracy theories satisfy another strong psychological need. The world appears to be chaotic, dangerous and beyond our control, which is highly unsettling to us humans. Assuming conspiracies behind catastrophes or other problems allows us to retain the belief that at the and of the day, we (as in, a group you belong to in some sense) are ultimately in control of things.
A perfect example: The 9/11 attacks had to be an inside job, because otherwise you would have to live with the idea that random blokes from some country you've never heard of are powerful enough to hurt America. If it's an inside job, it was "us" who did it after all, and that's ok.
A perfect example: The 9/11 attacks had to be an inside job, because otherwise you would have to live with the idea that random blokes from some country you've never heard of are powerful enough to hurt America. If it's an inside job, it was "us" who did it after all, and that's ok.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
