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SteveH

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Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2020, 09:39:02 PM »
The truth is out there
I have an infinite number of belief systems cos there are an infinite number of things I don't believe in.

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Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2020, 01:01:47 PM »
Well, come on - let's have some more comments! This is an interesting subject!
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Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
« Reply #4 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
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Re: 'The truth about conspiracy theories'
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2020, 12:19:17 AM »
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.
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