(May 2, 2012 at 12:03 pm)jackman Wrote: granted, i do tend to look at the holes in stories and perhaps over-expose them in my head when needn't be. that's a personality trait of mine that isn't one of my most endearing ones. i've been dealt a bad hand (as a lot of people have) and worked hard to make it a good one - but i'd be lying if i said that hasn't made me think twice about a lot of stuff.
i feel like i learn a ton more stuff when i speak with people on a side that is sort of playing devil's advocate (for lack of a better word). two of the conspiracies that interest me to no end are 9/11 and illuminati. no matter how unfounded people think they are, i'm reading a book on freemasonry by giles morgan right now.
But the question I would ask is do you also look for the same holes in the conspiracy theories you believe are exposing holes?
Because that is something I never used to do. Hence why I was into them so much.
I believed that by getting into them they would expose the truth, but in reality they were doing more to condition my mind against critical thinking. Even though I thought I was thinking critically.
