RE: Conspiracy Theorists (Or Conspiracy Nuts :P)
July 9, 2012 at 6:39 pm
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July 9, 2012 at 7:17 pm
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 (July 9, 2012 at 7:17 pm)JohnDG Wrote: Why do they talk about it on t.v. all the time? All the news outlets and even the u.n. channel does. Call me looney, I will call you retarded because it is there in your face, its not subliminal but you still cant see it lol. Watch some t.v. if it doesn't kill you, it will pop up eventually, especially on fox. This is a quote from your post #15 on this thread: "Ps. turn the t.v. off it makes you stupid." What kind of special stupid then allows you to use TV as evidence for your batshittery? RE: Conspiracy Theorists (Or Conspiracy Nuts :P)
July 9, 2012 at 7:32 pm
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(July 9, 2012 at 7:25 pm)cato123 Wrote:(July 9, 2012 at 7:17 pm)JohnDG Wrote: Why do they talk about it on t.v. all the time? All the news outlets and even the u.n. channel does. Call me looney, I will call you retarded because it is there in your face, its not subliminal but you still cant see it lol. Watch some t.v. if it doesn't kill you, it will pop up eventually, especially on fox. Oooo nice, yeah so right on. There is a reason I said it makes you stupid, because it's all skewered points of view designed to shut down your mental cognition. It's designed to get you preconditioned to the goals the elite have set out for you. Which is another reason why I can use it, because if it is all a bunch of propaganda, which also provides evidence for my point in it pushing these idea's into your head. Yes it makes you stupid, because it always pumps that crap out. Doesn't matter if its NWO bs, spider goats or pushing police state values into your head. It's all there and for the same reasons it's dumb, it's also proof. The difference is I don't beleive fox news one bit, but I do want to see the perspective of those around me. So I can fully understand my own, and others. Don't act like I said for you to go watch will & grace. p.s. I also posted my news sources. News paper, Fox News, Cnn, Msmbc, colbert r., daily show, radio news, Realclearpolotics.com, Infowars.com, Truthisscarey.com, Yahoo.com, Msn.com, youtube, occupywallst.org, word of mouth.
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RE: Conspiracy Theorists (Or Conspiracy Nuts :P)
July 9, 2012 at 7:43 pm
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RE: Conspiracy Theorists (Or Conspiracy Nuts :P)
July 9, 2012 at 7:48 pm
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(July 9, 2012 at 7:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Flash forward 5 years, it's O-Dark-thirty, and the state just busted down your improvised rubble concealing wall sending shrink wrapped boxes of Dinty Moores all over the squirrel hole. What's the story...whats next? Flash forward 5 years, you took me for granted, refused to do any research or studying yourself. Everyone is dead or in forced slavery. You don't make tens of thousands of tanks, helicopters, hummers, anti personal vehicles and not use them. Especially when your only true enemies have absolutely no hope in attacking you other than through global nuclear war.
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 tl;dr I believe that conspiracy theorists are a "type" just like say, schizotypy in fantasy prone individuals. It isn't simply that they are defectively processing information that others process successfully, they are processing information in different ways. Some of those peculiarities from my brief notes, i) anomolous data is evidence, ii) other conspiracies are evidence for this conspiracy, iii) certain truths are stigmatized and being covered up, iv) that it’s stigmatized and condemned by the mainstream is evidence of its truth, v) lack of proof is proof of the conspiracy, vi) disconfirming evidence must have been planted, vii) beliefs come before the search for evidence, viii) a common approach to all questions and conspiracies. I do see a kissing point with fundamentalist religion, but one that is merely incidental. Different ideological communities coalesce around different principles for acquiring, evaluating, and sharing knowledge or belief. A scientifically oriented community is less likely to put stock in what an authority states if that authrotiy is in conflict with previous belief, however, a faith community, or a politically conservative community may be more willing to acquire the new knowledge provisionally despite the conflict. So yes, I believe CT theorists resemble fundamentalist religion in that they have a different set of epistemological standards. However I don’t believe they share much beyond that, except insofar as some of the epistemics of the two overlap. ![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg?rlkey=x1nmxbwrp...pouidnfvtl]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/a6a72vica8gsyddmkhtxp/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg?rlkey=x1nmxbwrpk9dzrupouidnfvtl) (July 9, 2012 at 7:32 pm)JohnDG Wrote: Oooo nice, yeah so right on. There is a reason I said it makes you stupid, because it's all skewered points of view designed to shut down your mental cognition. It's designed to get you preconditioned to the goals the elite have set out for you. Which is another reason why I can use it, because if it is all a bunch of propaganda, which also provides evidence for my point in it pushing these idea's into your head. Yes it makes you stupid, because it always pumps that crap out. Doesn't matter if its NWO bs, spider goats or pushing police state values into your head. It's all there and for the same reasons it's dumb, it's also proof. You sound like the fictional John Nash in A Beautiful Mind; instead of periodicals, you rely on a mishmash of TV and radio for sources. |
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