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Conspiracy theories?
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Of course there are real conspiracies. Fox news is an example of this. They conspire to mislead and manipulate people in order to get them to vote against their best interests, and in the financial interests of Fox and other corporations.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
I think that conspiracy theorists represent a deviant way of processing information, but I don't think that deviation is the same as in those who embrace woo or religion. In short, I think CTs represent a different kind of thinking about evidence, but that different way is distinct from the different way in which provocateurs of woo think.
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Governments are usually good at keeping secrets, but as Stephen Fry pointed out they have an even better track record of getting found out - Clinton couldn't even keep it a secret what he did with his dick. Over here, our lot failed to hide how much in the way of expenses they were claiming for second homes, moat cleaning, houses for ducks and Mars bars.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: Conspiracy theories?
May 23, 2015 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2015 at 12:30 pm by Cyberman.)
"A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data."
Neil deGrasse Tyson, TAM 6
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
You're just saying that to put me off. That means I'm close, sucker!
Tyson is the scientific minister of the Illuminati! you're all fools! nurse!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. ![[Image: jet_fuel.png]](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/jet_fuel.png)
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
Guys, why is there 10 million youtube clips about the end of the world on 23 sept 2015!
Thanks for telling me guys! Seriously!!! Geesh, if it wasn't for the good Christian folk (xtards) and those not to be fooled sceptics (tinfoils) , I'd have no idea about it! So what's really gonna happen! Do I start paying my car rego monthly? There's gotta some truth to it, doesn't it????? I'll even settle for 2 inches of heavy rain to save face!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.  (May 23, 2015 at 11:46 am)Pyrrho Wrote: Of course there are real conspiracies. Fox news is an example of this. They conspire to mislead and manipulate people in order to get them to vote against their best interests, and in the financial interests of Fox and other corporations. As I've said elsewhere - of course 9/11 was a conspiracy. Just not one where POTUS, FLOTUS, SCOTUS, FIDOTUS, CIA, FBI and FLEUROP were all in on it.
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
 (May 23, 2015 at 2:40 am)Alex K Wrote: Conspiracy theories are nothing but a plot of the government to keep us occupied while they slowly swich us out for replicants. That itself is nothing but a illusion they create to distract your senses and misdirect your paranoia while they harvest your stem cells. Remember, just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean your are not being victimized by an overarching conspiracy so vast and influential that it can menipulate every aspect of appearent reality for the sole purpose fooling all of you to just the degree necessary for you to be the only one to see through some of it. (June 1, 2015 at 8:54 am)Chuck Wrote:(May 23, 2015 at 2:40 am)Alex K Wrote: Conspiracy theories are nothing but a plot of the government to keep us occupied while they slowly swich us out for replicants. How could I not see that!
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
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