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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2021 at 20:01
Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

 “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ― Bertrand Russell

What are your arguments that that statement actually represents reality?

Perhaps the stupid actually just lack courage to stand up to the gestapo and the intelligent are loathe to stir the pot due to death threats.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2021 at 19:56
Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Here's one that showed up in my YouTube suggestions for some reason. A conspiracy so deep that even conspiracy theorists can't actually verbalize what the theory is.
Apparently the Washington Monument was built around a tree that looked oddly like a tentacle coming from the ground that could not be chopped down. The monument was built around it but also they put a lift bucket in it. People go up the bucket and fall out due to sound waves from below.

Not sure where the "wormhole" comes in.


That's plain vanilla creepy.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2021 at 19:29
 “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ― Bertrand Russell
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2021 at 13:27
Here's one that showed up in my YouTube suggestions for some reason. A conspiracy so deep that even conspiracy theorists can't actually verbalize what the theory is.
Apparently the Washington Monument was built around a tree that looked oddly like a tentacle coming from the ground that could not be chopped down. The monument was built around it but also they put a lift bucket in it. People go up the bucket and fall out due to sound waves from below.

Not sure where the "wormhole" comes in.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2021 at 11:21
Human animal hybrids are no new conspiracy, but here we get FACTS that help fuel that fire.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 13:22
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 13:14
David Icke used to be a respected and prominent sports journalist on the BBC.

That one IS true.

At least, I think it is....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 11:00
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:


The Greenpeace authorities also believe that if they/we dispose of the owners of companies such as Shell, we will live happily ever after. Same shallowness, if you ask me.

Have you ever heard any of them saying that? I'd be surprised.

^ I've read some of their documents, written for idiots. Asking for support for eliminating the evil entities whom I mentioned. Though, honestly, I'm not sure if it is their general policy/way. I was a bit pretentious here, jumped to a conclusion with very limited observation. Embarrassed
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 10:56
 One of the craziest ones that I heard during the pandemic claimed there was some cosmic convergence of the universe happening in early 2021 & the vaccine was some massive international plot to keep us from communing with the universe ( something like that) Not sure why they didn't want us to commune with the universe , they couldn't explain that part. Confused

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 10:54
Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:


The Greenpeace authorities also believe that if they/we dispose of the owners of companies such as Shell, we will live happily ever after. Same shallowness, if you ask me.

Have you ever heard any of them saying that? I'd be surprised.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 10:09
Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

A few years ago I read an article about a man whose grandson suffered from a severely debilitating form of autism, and who, convinced that the MMR vaccine was to blame for the child's condition, had made it his life mission to denounce the evils of vaccines all around the country. The reporter then interviewed the man's wife, who said that her husband's anti-vaccine activism had actually been very therapeutic and liberating for him, and it's not hard to see why: humans naturally tend to identify patterns even where none exist, and it feels more comforting to think of bad events in your life as having been bestowed upon you by malignant actors against whom you can lash out, rather than as a mere cruel twist of fate with no one to blame.

The worldview of people who are deep in some conspiracy rabbit hole might seem extremely bleak and pessimistic, but in a strange way it's actually quite hopeful too: those people can clearly identify that there is a lot wrong with society, but they see all of it as the result of deliberate actions by a few evil men at the top, and believe that disposing of them will be enough to make society righteous and happy again.


The Greenpeace authorities also believe that if they/we dispose of the owners of companies such as Shell, we will live happily ever after. Same shallowness, if you ask me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 10:00
I've often found that people that believe in CT are often the very suspicious, bordering on paranoid, types.  So, it's not a great stretch for them to see plots where they don't exist. At least that's what I've found in my personal experiences. The whole Q-anon phenomenon was right up their alley. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 09:26
Belief in CT's is really just based in an inability, by the individual to accept that, sometimes sh*t just happens. They take comfort in believing that there is an order and structure to what are often random and unconnected events. That reality is even more frightening to some, than the existence of a powerful cabal pulling the strings, because if there is a cabal, it can be potentially exposed and destroyed.

Random events are just that, and therefore beyond control. This can be terrifying for some.

It is important however to differentiate between conspiracy theories, and actual conspiracies. The definition of conspiracy is - more or less - two or more people, meeting in secret to agree and elicit a beneficial outcome to them. That happens every day within every multinational business and every government. It has to. That's how it's done.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 08:46
Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

I sometimes wonder if part of the reason people dive into these rabbit holes is that they are seeking attention and this is the only way they can get it. Admittedly, my knowledge of human psychology is rather weak so I haven't thought that idea through enough.

I've always thought (and this is no joke) that there must be a genetic connection to the thought process. Now, I'll admit, that the argument gets a little shaky once the discussion turns to people who weren't like that but are now. But I still can't separate the concept of biology to the issue.
To be clear...NO ONE is ever going to study such a thing given it's eugenics implications. But it's always in my mind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 07:58

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 07:48
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I think loneliness and feelings of alienation are a factor, as well as general insecurity and obsessiveness.  People want answers, they want to feel special in their arcane knowledge (they know something others don't-- they see it where others don't).  Things feel wrong to people and they want answers.  They want to feel secure in having certain knowledge that most do not possess.  People look for patterns.  And then they look for community with like-minded individuals.  This leads to confirmation bias and going deeper and deeper.  It could be powerful to feel that something is fundamentally wrong with general understanding, the truth is out there and we have discovered the truth.  It's a kind of empowerment -- being special.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 06:51
I think loneliness and feelings of alienation are a factor, as well as general insecurity and obsessiveness.  People want answers, they want to feel special in their arcane knowledge (they know something others don't-- they see it where others don't).  Things feel wrong to people and they want answers.  They want to feel secure in having certain knowledge that most do not possess.  People look for patterns.  And then they look for community with like-minded individuals.  This leads to confirmation bias and going deeper and deeper.  It could be powerful to feel that something is fundamentally wrong with general understanding, the truth is out there and we have discovered the truth.  It's a kind of empowerment -- being special.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 06:24
I sometimes wonder if part of the reason people dive into these rabbit holes is that they are seeking attention and this is the only way they can get it. Admittedly, my knowledge of human psychology is rather weak so I haven't thought that idea through enough.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2021 at 06:17
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