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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Philosophy, in all its guises. => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on September 04, 2020, 06:40:39 PM

Title: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 04, 2020, 06:40:39 PM

Good article

https://iai.tv/articles/the-truth-about-conspiracy-theories-auid-1624?fbclid=IwAR02skaxJoM1U5a6IyOilzAtRMx3KO2Zlawnw1S0QabLRIBS1hsaWSI7MnY

Title: Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
Post by: Steve H on September 04, 2020, 10:48:12 PM

Read the first few paragraphs. The obvious fact that he ignores (unless he mentions it later) is that real conspiracies are much smaller-scale than the theoretical ones, are usually reactive rather than pro-active (cover-ups), and are not predicted in advance (No-one saw Watergate coming), unlike the theoretical ones.

Title: Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
Post by: splashscuba on September 07, 2020, 09:39:02 PM

The truth is out there

Title: Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
Post by: Steve H on September 11, 2020, 01:01:47 PM

Well, come on - let's have some more comments! This is an interesting subject!

Title: Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
Post by: Enki on September 11, 2020, 02:34:33 PM

This looks rather worrying, especially as Trump seem sympathetic towards it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/25/qanon-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump-what-is

Title: Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
Post by: Steve H on September 12, 2020, 12:19:17 AM

Quote from: enki on September 11, 2020, 02:34:33 PM

This looks rather worrying, especially as Trump seem sympathetic towards it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/25/qanon-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump-what-is

I didn't know about the revival of the blood-libel. Worrying indeed.