(September 10, 2011 at 1:40 pm)bozo Wrote: Whether any conspiracy theory is convincing is surely a personal thing? You may not be convinced but others may be.
I didn't say there are no convincing conspiracy theories, though I have yet to find one. I said there "is not convincing conspiracy theorists." In other words, they are going to think whatever they want to think no matter what facts you present them.
Yes, others may be convinced. In most cases, such as Holocaust Revisionism, those who are convinced have a clear agenda. Furthermore, they get to their conclusion first and work backward, throwing out every bit of evidence they find that is contrary to their "conclusion." They keep stuff that can convince other idiots and the cycle continues.
The only two people I know who are fully convinced of something asinine are: a Christian who wears a star of David and thinks dinosaurs and people lived together. He believes that the government blew up the world trade centers, despite the obvious difficulties of such a thing. The other is a pill popping, bi-polar mess of an ex crack head who thinks the world is ending in December of next year. You could say that conspiracy theorists creep me out, for the most part.
