Are Hardcore Conspiracy Theorists Retarded?

Psychology Today (I believe) did a piece on it. they are people who are out of control of their own lives and can't accept it, so they look for an explanation where they feel in control, and by preaching about it to others, they feel like they're privy to knowledge others don't understand, and thus feel they're in control again.

My ex's ex-husband used to believe he could communicate with aliens, Sandy Hook was a hoax, a spot in the sun meant the end of the world, all that shit. He had stockpiles of food and water in the basement and thought the end of the world was near. He'd spend all day on conspiracy forums and wound up neglecting his whole family, but never took responsibility for anything. It was always an external cause for his problems because he couldn't accept them as his own. So why not blame the Boogeyman?

I found out why he was so nuts eventually. His wife was a whore and his conspiracies were the one thing in the world that made him feel in control.
 
They are unsuccesful.

They never achieved what they had planned thus hellbent on exposing the system as rigged.
 
Conspiracy theories usually draw the willfully ignorant.

This is why I love science.

Science helps us learn the answers and will alter conclusions when the evidence requires it.

CT people insist they know the answers and rarely change their views regardless of evidence, or the lack of it.
 
FinalFight said:
Flat earthers are my favourite.

This crazy old fucker wanted to prove the earth was flat by building his own rocket LOL

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so has he ever said why he personally needed to be in the rocket? Wouldnt strapping cameras to it do the job just fine?

likely answer is he is just this generation evil keenevil and doesnt believe this flat eart shit. its a gimmick right?
 
I like the conspiracy theory about conspiracy theories. They introduce a bunch of crazy ones so people think all conspiracy theories are crazy. Or interject some crazy shit into plausible ones.
 
It’s a weird social thing. They like to be someone that can say “only I know the answers and everyone else is wrong”

In reality, everyone is laughing at them.
 
IloveTHIS said:
Ill go ahead and second this.

Anyone that believes the literal word of their religious book of choice forfeits all rights to make fun of conspiracy theorists.

I think people pick up on some stuff that is legitimately suspect, like a lot of less-insane conspiracies have a lot of truth in their foundation. Once some people delve into this they end up chasing their tail going deeper and deeper. Everything has hidden meaning if you look close enough, etc...
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Conspiracy theory about Christianity. Basically the Romans hijacked the religion as propaganda against the jews. Be more peaceful, turn the other cheek, forgive us etc. Very interesting.

https://postflaviana.org/introduction-flavian-origins-theory-christianity/
 
Eazy123 said:
Psychology Today (I believe) did a piece on it. they are people who are out of control of their own lives and can't accept it, so they look for an explanation where they feel in control, and by preaching about it to others, they feel like they're privy to knowledge others don't understand, and thus feel they're in control again.

My ex's ex-husband used to believe he could communicate with aliens, Sandy Hook was a hoax, a spot in the sun meant the end of the world, all that shit. He had stockpiles of food and water in the basement and thought the end of the world was near. He'd spend all day on conspiracy forums and wound up neglecting his whole family, but never took responsibility for anything. It was always an external cause for his problems because he couldn't accept them as his own. So why not blame the Boogeyman?

I found out why he was so nuts eventually. His wife was a whore and his conspiracies were the one thing in the world that made him feel in control.
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Overpressure said:
Conspiracy theories usually draw the willfully ignorant.

This is why I love science.

Science helps us learn the answers and will alter conclusions when the evidence requires it.

CT people insist they know the answers and rarely change their views regardless of evidence, or the lack of it.
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One thing to keep in mind is that conspiracies are all around us. You have no doubt been involved in a few yourself.

Did your parents teach you that Santa Claus was real? Well that was a conspiracy foisted upon you as a child by authority figures.

MK-Ultra, the Tuskeegee syphilis experiment, Iran-Contra . . . those are examples of government conspiracies that turned out to be true. Or more recently, Snowden's revelations about the NSA spying on Americans was the revelation of a governmental conpsiracy.

Here's former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lying his ass off to Congress to cover the conspiracy up:





So while some people really do get way too far out there and start believing stuff that's obviously bullshit, we shouldn't just write off the idea of conspiracies as fantasy or tar everyone who suspects a conspiracy is afoot as delusional or a whack job.

Conspiracies are everywhere.
 
Fawlty said:
Christianity is probably the single most insane conspiracy theory I've ever heard, but a lot of people believe in it while managing to be perfectly intelligent in other areas. I think we just have a natural talent for being conspiracy theorists and an ability to separate our crazy beliefs from our normal ones.

People pushing Sandy Hook should be punched in the fucking face though.
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They know what's up. They are doing it for the greater good.. Your attempting to validate the literal nature of thousands of year old bible stories, and missing what it' really all about, shows as much of a lack of understanding as even those who choose to have faith in some of those ancient stories.

Stories of the impossible could travel from the middle east to Europe and impress people.. Stories of a guy who had some wisdom that would meetings work better would likely be ignored. The fantastical tales were a necessary to spread the light.. If believing in a few miracles all this time later personally helps a person tonght in grace, they aren't any more dumb than you are.
 
BEER said:
Flat fucking earth.
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I just watched that flat-earther who built his own rocket and blasted off 2600 feet into the air.

He literally built his own rocket, and it launched twice the height of the Empire State Building.

He may be misguided as a scientist/engineer, but that was a launch that was more successful than most of North Korea's.

He's not retarded, but most flat-earthers are.
 
shadow_priest_x said:
One thing to keep in mind is that conspiracies are all around us. You have no doubt been involved in a few yourself.

Did your parents teach you that Santa Claus was real? Well that was a conspiracy foisted upon you as a child by authority figures.

MK-Ultra, the Tuskeegee syphilis experiment, Iran-Contra . . . those are examples of government conspiracies that turned out to be true. Or more recently, Snowden's revelations about the NSA spying on Americans was the revelation of a governmental conpsiracy.

Here's former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lying his ass off to Congress to cover the conspiracy up:





So while some people really do get way too far out there and start believing stuff that's obviously bullshit, we shouldn't just write off the idea of conspiracies as fantasy or tar everyone who suspects a conspiracy is afoot as delusional or a whack job.

Conspiracies are everywhere.
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I have no doubt there are conspiracies for the record. But saying Sandy Hook was a hoax is straight up bullshit.

My high school was threatened with a drive-by shooting 20 years ago so someone shooting up a school nowadays is totally plausible.
 
Amerikuracana said:
Your attempting to validate the literal nature of thousands of year old bible stories, and missing what it' really all about, shows as much of a lack of understanding as even those who choose to have faith in some of those ancient stories.
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To be fair, just because a story is old doesn't mean it isn't true.

John Wilkes Booth will still have shot Abraham Lincoln 10,000 years from now.
 
BEER said:
I have no doubt that some people can maintain wild conspiracy theories while also being generally mentally competent. I'm not talking about those people. I'm talking about the ones with such outlandish, wild ideas that I can't imagine them functioning in society.
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Or on Sherdog.
 
JFK gives a speech to the NYC press club about how dangerous secret societies aka illuminati aka lucifarians Are a few months later his brain is in his wife's lap.

Beer you strike me as an arguably intelligent bloke.

so surely you're not so naive to think that main stream news is giving you the full story.

We're shown and told what they want us to see and know.. Hell even the truth about the age and shape and history of this planet is hidden from us

And when you question the "facts" that they give us you're a retard/conspiracy nut

Just like everybody that tried to raise awareness about chemtrails were derided and ridiculed

Oh but wait the former director of the fremmason satanic controlled CIA said that they've been spraying the skies for " weather modification" aka big ass storms for years with a mixture of all kind of shot not to mention all of the DOCUMENTED cases of US Government viral and bacterial experimentation on American citizens and military personnel

I guess those are conspiracy kookism s as well

All wise cracks aside beer. Look into some of these " conspiracy theories" and form your own opinions

But to blanket statement those who think/know that "conspiracy theories" are real

Is lazy typical base ridicule at best and personally dangerous naivete at worse.

My 2ct
 
mooshy said:
I like the conspiracy theory about conspiracy theories. They introduce a bunch of crazy ones so people think all conspiracy theories are crazy. Or interject some crazy shit into plausible ones.
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well the funny thing is there is actually a lot of truth to that one. If I'm not mistaken, its been proven there was/is a division in the government dedicated to casting doubt on certain conspiracies by spreading false information...

its important to keep in mind that many conspiracies have been proven true. But there are of course the flat earth ones that make everyone look retarded
 
The thing about conspiracy theorists is they all seem to believe them all. You rarely see people that only believe a specific one. Guy I work with has a new one everyday, Bigfoot is an interdimensional being, the moon is an alien spaceship, lizard people are eating people in the countries national parks etc.....
 
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