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RE: Rigid thinking - Let's talk Flat Earth and problems with conspiracy theories [What I write may not be what you expect]

in #flatearth8 years ago

I have a tendency to get "stuck" in examining the underlying psychology of individuals who seem to feed on attaching themselves to a belief system that is repeatedly proven wrong. I'm all about being open-minded when it comes to stuff we can only surmise but don't know, but not so much when it comes to things have massive evidence in their favor.

What do they hope to accomplish? What will they HAVE if their way were true? Is it at ALL about truth, or is it about personal axes being ground?

See what just happened? I got distracted.

"Conspiracy" (for me) is an invitation to examine a (usually) minority theory. My problem with most of them is the default assumption that there is some kind of "wrongdoing" by someone... government coverups, Illuminati, Masons...