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Originally Posted by Skybird
If they want an end to conspiracy theories - that so far can only be believed to be untrue, but not been proven to be untrue
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There will never be an end to conspiracy theories, no matter how much evidence you throw at them. The more you throw the more desperate they think you are to cover up the truth.
The appeal of conspiracy theories is threefold. First, conspiracy theories claim to explain what others can't. They appear to make sense out of a world that is otherwise confusing. Second, they do so in an appealingly simple way, by dividing the world sharply between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. They trace all evil back to a single source, the conspirators and their agents. Finally, conspiracy theories are often presented as special, secret knowledge unknown or unappreciated by others. For conspiracists, the masses are a brainwashed herd, while the conspiracists in the know can congratulate themselves on penetrating the plotters' deceptions.
We can't deprive them of thinking they're special because they know something we don't, can we?
