People are prone to believing in conspiracy theories due to various personality traits and motivations, such as intuition, feeling superiority, and perceiving threats in their environment. Political elites often take these theories seriously, recognizing that they are ineradicable and a reasonable response to elite failures. Conspiracy theories can have disastrous effects on people’s trust in government, leaders, institutions, and science, as well as diminish trust in research itself.
Recent research on conspiracy theories has tended to focus on beliefs that seem outlandish from a mainstream perspective. Worrying about how many people believe false ideas misses the real danger – that people are influenced by them whether they believe them or not.
Conspiration theories that flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic can be dangerous and impact public and personal health, democratic citizenship, and political power. A new study has found no evidence that people’s beliefs in conspiracy theories increase over time, and they can even change their minds. Politicians use conspiracy theories to mock and dismiss allegations against them, while philosophers and political scientists warn that it could be used as a rhetorical weapon.
People are attracted to conspiracy theories to satisfy three psychological needs: more certainty, feeling in control, and maintaining a sense of control. They are attracted to an alleged secret plot, a group of conspirators, “evidence” supporting the conspiracy theory, and the belief that the conspiracy is real. To avoid falling prey to conspiracy theories, it is essential to recognize the dangers of misinformation and conspiracy theories, identify and debunk them, and learn to identify and counter them.
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There are ludicrous conspiracy theories like flat Earth and fake moon landings that are easily disproven and then there are true conspiracies such as MK Ultra that is mentioned within this article. We need to come up with a distinction between the two so that some of the more plausible alternative explanations can be discussed while some of the more ridiculous can be appropriately dismissed as entertaining but implausible.
Arguments are to be settled, not won; and we shouldn’t be arguing in the first place. The real conspiracy is too BIG and COMPLEX for the human mind to unravel as a whole, yet it’s always in plain sight; when some peace of the puzzle is “solved”, it’s already 50 years too late, and I’m not even 40. The U.S. Civil War is a great peace of the puzzle to dig into. The Tunguska event in Siberia, the Bolshevik revolution, and the two world wars are the most relevant for our times, in a general/macro sense. Venezuela, South Africa, Middle East, and local events are showing and warning us all the time. Useful idiots become useless idiots, when they are no longer needed; their own evils will destroy them.
there is only one conspiracy theory, that I find appealing. “How and when were the great pyramids build and for what purpose.” But I get it…I can only say, that I find it hard to believe, that 100.000 workers build the great pyramid in 20 years, but I can not falsify that claim. I have nothing else to offer, than hypothesizes, that are neither based on good research, nor archaeological education. If it weren’t for youtube articles, I’d never even thought, that that theory could be wrong. But I have not yet seen any proof, that could convince me… I don’t believe in Aliens or in an prehistoric advanced civilization…all I am saying is, that it would be far more realistic to build such an enormous building in…say….100 years. But that wouldn’t fit the narrative, that cheops ordered the pyramid during his lifetime…
A claim doesn’t have to be falsifiable to viably debate it. For example, the presuppositions that allow for the scientific method are not falsifiable. Secondly, the one making the claim has the burden of proof to provide evidence as well as to show that the other evidence is false or unreliable. It’s really simple, you don’t need to make an 8-minute article like this when you could just explain the burden of proof.
Here’s one: The Ancient Egyptian God Kek, speaking through the synchronicities called “dubs” on 4chan, rallies the frogs and won Trump his election. Another: Trump is a “4D chess Grandmaster”. All his political moves are meant to look dumb so people don’t expect the complex chain of events that result in a winning outcome.
In most flat earth article, with the gopro going up at 36km, the visibility in perfect condition would be between 650 and 700km. They believe that it proves the earth is flat and when we point out the slight curve they say it’s the edge…. Take a Globe, find the distance chart. Draw a circle with a diameter of 700km (proportionally to the distance chart) put the globe on a stable surface, move back until you are further enough to hold it as a tennis ball. Take a camera with a zoom that would allow you to place the edge of your circle within the limit of your frame. Place the Globe in a way that the circle is on the horizon. Zoom on it. Does it look as curved as before 😉 ? Does it mean everything you did 5 second ago is a lie? Still a damn globe.
And you can win an argument and this is how you know you won They usually won’t respond when they think they can’t win don’t keep going and trying to prove you wrong because they’re Determined to But if they have nothing in they can’t they usually will get mad and not respond or they’re embarrassed one or the two At least that’s been my experience
Bill Nye is himself a “science denier”. Whaaaat? He does not believe that a pre-born child is a human being. It must be a “clump” of cells. What kind of cells? Ummmm. Or maybe he knows that it is a human being but believes that it is okay to terminate an “inconvenient” human being. That’s for Bill to answer.
“Conspiracy theories are lazy.” Often true. Those who deny “conspiracy theories” are often ARROGANT and fall into the “bandwagon” category. Bill Nye won’t contradict those in his inner circle for fear of being ostracized. He may not think so, but l’d bet that Bill was a huuuge Anthony Fauci follower.
Bill Nye wears bow ties. You know who else wears bow ties? Doctor Who. There are three letters in Nye and three letters in who. The third letter of the alphabet is C. C rhymes with the letter P. Pee is stored in the balls. Balls are used in sports. Yacht racing is a sport. In 1962 the New York Yacht Club beat the Australians in 4:1 races. 4 – 1 is 3. There are three points on a triangle, and three letters in Nye. With four letters in Bill and 4 – 3 being one, and one eye in the illuminati triangle Bill Nye is illuminati confirmed, and therefore the Earth is flat.
The use of lead (since it was not banned in the US at the same time it was throughout the rest of the world in the early part of last century), DDT, hormones and various other chemicals have led to an unrecognized mental deficiency in the United States. A very slow poisoning or possibly gene-altering change has caused a subset of the population to not be able to achieve higher orders of thought. A certain different, somewhat younger, subset of the population has stayed fairly clear of related toxins, living in a healthier age more aware of what its ingesting. Technological advancements have led to such an easily accessible wealth of knowledge and social relation abilities and as the newer generations utilize it, they are able to reach levels of thinking that were previously only attained in history by a fairly small amount of people (though not really, especially considering the much lower world populations in history). This is why there are such wide swings in belief now in the country, and the ability to ignore reality (look up the effects of lead on human development).
Yeah what is the deal with everyone hateing on conspiracy theorists I mean if they wana believe in something let them really do you see them going around causing chaos widespread panic mmmm no that’s the media saying oh its not ok to like White Trump supporters but mocking Conspiracy theorists is ok???
Three ways to prove someone wrong when they use logic, or claim to use logic. 1. Show a flaw in their chain of reasoning 2. Prove an important premise false 3. Show that their conclusions lead to a false statement The best chance for someone who is so set in their beliefs is number 3. You have to know what else they believe, unless their whole belief system is really disconnected from reality, you can probably show that they believe in a contradiction.
So you picked on the obviously stupid Conspiracy Theories. You did not say anything about 9/11. It is curious that Niel DeGrasse Tyson regularly talks about how smart Isaac Newton was, but have you ever heard him discuss the Newtonian Physics of the Twin Tower Collapses? To hell with the conspiracies, do the physics. Then figure out the conspiracy.
There is nothing wrong with having a theory based on something you have seen or heard. It’s the beginning stages of knowledge. It’s a first phase in fact checking and research. A conspiracy is bad but having a theory is good…Ladies and Gentlemen…. CONSPIRACY THEORY’S ARE NOT A BAD THING…a conspiracy fact is that conspirators want us to believe that conspiracy theories are bad.
the thing about flat earthers is that they allready know about everything they says about ball-earth…they just realise (real eyes realise) that it doest make sence at a lower level, at higher level, globe-earth is just a believe (be-LIE-ve) or religion with no real experimental scientific proof and principle. Fantastic theories that gave some good movies.