(September 10, 2011 at 2:01 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: The problem is that the american government regularly conspires. Iran Contra, Watergate and others, but these are all small rather easy to conceal and STILL CAME OUT.
The level of collusion in some of these theories would demand milions of dollars, split second timing and thousands of people staying quiet, they just arent do able.
The problem is that these conspiracy theory proponents believe governments have near supernatural abilities. Trying to explain to them the shear scale and complexity of their theories only reaffirms their belief that the government is all-powerful.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
