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Re: Conspiracy Theorists Have a Fundamental Cognitive Proble

Post by Rum » Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:37 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:Saying "that's exactly what they want you to think" is exactly what you thought someone would say. Or at least, that's what you want us to think. I think.
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Clinton Huxley wrote:Saying "that's exactly what they want you to think" is exactly what you thought someone would say. Or at least, that's what you want us to think. I think.
I'm reporting you to Galaxian.
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Re: Conspiracy Theorists Have a Fundamental Cognitive Proble

Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:00 am

Donald Trump is the president of the US. He ran against former first lady, New York senator, secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.

Just sayin, in case you might have forgot where you're at. :tea:

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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:34 am

You're right. The thread title should be "Americans have a fundamental cognitive problem"... :whistle:
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Re: Conspiracy Theorists Have a Fundamental Cognitive Proble

Post by cronus » Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:03 am

Too many weird things have happened in history for there to be nothing operating pieces behind the scenes on some level. Doesn't mean I know what the conspiracy theory should be, it's on even pegging with the cock-up theory for being real if you think about things five minutes longer than the average, Rum.
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Post by JimC » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:43 am

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:16 am

Everything IS a conspiracy. I'm involved in five. Or is it six? I'm not sure about the one with the Bilderberg Group and the GMO carrots.

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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:54 pm

T.E. Lawrence was murdered by MOSSAD.

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Re: Conspiracy Theorists Have a Fundamental Cognitive Proble

Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Oct 27, 2017 1:18 pm

Interesting piece in the Gruniad today about the release of the Kennedy papers and how conspiracy theories are predominantly nothing but convenient fictions...
... Conspiracy theories are flourishing in democracies as never before.

They resist both counter-proof and persuasion because their appeal is primarily emotional. They posit an underlying order that is, on some level, reassuring – hence their proliferation after the sudden deaths of powerful, glamorous figures such as JFK or Diana, Princess of Wales. The system may be malign, but at least it is not random. If only it can be properly exposed, these evils may even be overcome. It may take mental acrobatics to fit the theory to the facts, but there is still a clarity lacking in the muddiness and opacity of real life. A theory of everything holds Freemasons or lizard-people responsible for all that goes wrong. A plot reassures us we are not at the mercy of the interaction of complex and often random forces. A delightful sense of superiority bolsters these stories – you have understood a truth that others are too naive to see, or too corrupt to admit. They often play to existing prejudices, notably antisemitism...

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Post by JimC » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:57 pm

A delightful sense of superiority bolsters these stories – you have understood a truth that others are too naive to see, or too corrupt to admit.
This is a major factor, IMO...
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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:00 pm

How come we haven't heard from the Galacticus about JFK yet? Surely he's knows the Truth that we are being denied.
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Post by JimC » Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:08 pm

pErvinalia wrote:How come we haven't heard from the Galacticus about JFK yet? Surely he's knows the Truth that we are being denied.
Yes, but if he told us he'd have to kill us...
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:44 am

Nobody has produced enough new YouTube proof yet - or YouProof as they call it.
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Re: Conspiracy Theorists Have a Fundamental Cognitive Proble

Post by rainbow » Sat Oct 28, 2017 12:48 pm

pErvinalia wrote:How come we haven't heard from the Galacticus about JFK yet? Surely he's knows the Truth that we are being denied.
http://newsthump.com/2017/10/27/good-gu ... es-reveal/
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