Why do people feel the need to believe in conspiracies?

[Indecipherable]

Conspiracy theories absolutely lack any credible evidence.

They ignore Occam's razor.

They are based off terrible, terrible pseudo-science bullshit.

They usually revolve around some giant governmental conspiracy when in fact governments world-wide are generally held as inept at the best of times.

 

[tthor]

I think its better to ask why then just say "well the government said that's not what happen", But hey when has the government ever lie.

noble intent, but the thing is arguing with conspiracy theorist is like debating with a brick wall. These people tend to be obsessed with their belief, dedicating their entire lives to it even. So they sure as hell aren't going to change their belief easily. And these people use very twisted logic, that is just confusing and fallacy-filled enough so that someone truly nieve, without paying close attention, might even think these people were telling the truth. This twisted logic of theirs is enough so that they feel like what they believe makes logical sense, despite anything you may tell them...

 

[DefinitelyPsychotic]

Because its fun...?

 

[tthor]

I do believe in conspiracies.. And there is/has been plenty of those..

Its the 'conspiracy theories' you have to double-check, 90% of it is junk..


But what about the last 10%?

what conspiracy theories do you believe in?

I do think there are a lot of real conspiracies, its just a lot of the popular conspiracy theories are always ludicrously insane

Conspiracy theories absolutely lack any credible evidence.

They ignore Occam's razor.

They are based off terrible, terrible pseudo-science bullshit.

They usually revolve around some giant governmental conspiracy when in fact governments world-wide are generally held as inept at the best of times.

whats Occam's razor?

 

[thenoblitt]

its exciting to think that something is going on underneath everybody's noses and you are quite possibly the only person that knows

 

[tthor]

its exciting to think that something is going on underneath everybody's noses and you are quite possibly the only person that knows

this

 

[ServebotFrank]

People like believing in something like conspiracies because they're exciting; no matter how stupid it is. Take the Moon Landing, countless bits of proof that we actually landed on the moon to the point the Mythbusters did an episode on it and still people say it didn't happen. Some guy went around on Youtube saying Global Depopulation would happen on December 21st 2009 and that six billion people would die.

STILL HERE MAN!

 

[Homo Carnivorous]

Conspiracies is what the world runs on. Nothing new. Open a history book and what you will see is one long tale of how one conspiracy after another in high places shaped history as we know it. The people were for the most part unaware.

If you do not understand this basic fucntion in life "power does what powers wants". Then you will never understand even partly how the world works. This should be paired with the golden rule, which also have stood the test of time as a fact: "He who has the gold maketh the rule"

Now, if someone has both "teh power and teh gold from which you can make teh rule", then you have a really nasty piece of jamming gear in your democracy. Now lets look at their personality:

many many studies have confirmed what most of us suspected. People in power are more likly to be
1.psycho/sociopath
2.have complete trust in their own doings and decision making
3.cruel

Now pair this with another timeless piece of wisdom on the human psyche "if it can be done, it will be done". (and its made a lot easier of you have power and teh gold)

I am surpriced every time something a politican or lobbyist turn out to be true entirely. I mean, honestly I am. I treat anything my government say as lies or untrue untill prove otherwise.

It is irrational to behave any differently towards government because I would be doing so contrary to a mountain of evidence that they are casual liars at best. and will tell you lies if it serves their personal purpose. It is not something that happens every now and again. It happens all the time and our waggin tail press uncoveres only what cannot be hidden.

Bilderberg club. In our press it went from. "HAHA silly conspiracy theorists, no such thing" to "ok ok, so there is some club" to "public statement from the bilderberclub. Dont worry we are the richest and most powerful in the world who meet at secret meetings to discuss world policies in a free (undocumented) forum. Its all funny hats and cigars really, dont worry".

hmmm....

It is not a question of if "conspiracies" are real. They are. it is a question if the press media buzzword "conspiracy theorist" are now preventing us from seing the obvious as the mere utterance of the words "conspiracy theory" automatically equates anyone who gets the label as a flat earth society main speaker.

 

[FalloutJack]

It's all because of the NHK. They're behind this. They're behind everything...

 

[Rayne870]

The government just wants you to think there's a lot of conspiracy theorists out there, so it plants people with theories to throw you off the real government planning about setting up a network of obvious conspiracy theorists to derail public inquiry.

 

[Homo Carnivorous]

Isnt "illuminiati" just the new word for "the man" ??? I have tried to pin down the term on a single group, but it cant be done. Depending on who you ask, illuminati seems to fill the same gap that "the man" used to.

An interresting read is James Billington's -Fire in the minds of men. Not about illuminati as such, but rather about how many influential political groups mutated from revolutionaries to internationalists. he does touch down on the real illuminati out of Baveria. Illuminati still exists in the sense that their ideas got carried on into new groups and took its own life. Not all bad ideas either, theres is a reason for their succes and compared to what they were raging against (monarchy and theorcracy in policy making) i would have thought of them as "the good guys".

 

[Homo Carnivorous]

The government just wants you to think there's a lot of conspiracy theorists out there,

There are. Even people I know from ages ago who would never believe anything that wasnt official have come to loathe our political system to the point where conspiracy theories as in "crackpot theories with no foundation in reality" are sneeking in on our conversations.

If people want to believe reptilian hybrids from mars rule the world through the royal families. thats ok with me. No more or less strange than the Jesus story, but I think its a long step to take because you have become frustrated with how polluted the political system has become.

 

[Fidelias]

Though if it were all an elaborate conspiracy, then wouldn't the people controlling everyone make certain that there was no way to prove it's true? Technically, this could all be a lie, we could be living in a dream...

Oh god I'm so giving myself nightmares right now...

-1 for overactive imagination.

 

[mik1]

I believe there was a "The Big Picture" episode on this topic.

Basically he just said it's easier to think that all the shit in the world doesn't just happen because the world is f'd up and run by morons, it's easier to think someone is actually planning some of this stuff.

 

[Biosophilogical]

It's just easier to believe that there is some greater order at play instead of random chaos. Even if that greater order is monstrous, order makes people calm.

I recently re-watched "The Dark Knight (Batman, Joker, all that stuff), and you just reminded me of what the Joker said about things going according to plan.

OT: Clearly you are part of a government conspiracy to control the masses to not believe conspiracy theories, but lucky for me, I'm wearing my anti-anti-conspiracy hat ... which may or may not be made out of tin foil (but you'll never know if it is or not!).

 

[Homo Carnivorous]

Basically he just said it's easier to think that all the shit in the world doesn't just happen because the world is f'd up and run by morons, it's easier to think someone is actually planning some of this stuff.

History however, if it is anything to go by, tells us that its both. Greedy incompetent idiots to fill the public office while the real power. resource. does what it wants as usual.

Politicians has been irrelevant in world power for atleat 50 years. They put on a good show though, and as the entertainment whore that I am, I enjoy watching with great sadistic pleasure.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Because otherwise, Deus Ex would have no reason or way to exist.

...Okay, I don't own Deus Ex, I'll admit it. Seriously, though, I guess it's because people find weird ways to justify things. You know how in most novels involving laser-guided amnesia, the people performing it don't worry about filling in memories, because the sap will fill in their own blanks? It's kinda like that. And it lets people argue ad nauseum on the Internet, defending their theories.

 

[Rayne870]

The government just wants you to think there's a lot of conspiracy theorists out there,

There are. Even people I know from ages ago who would never believe anything that wasnt official have come to loathe our political system to the point where conspiracy theories as in "crackpot theories with no foundation in reality" are sneeking in on our conversations.

If people want to believe reptilian hybrids from mars rule the world through the royal families. thats ok with me. No more or less strange than the Jesus story, but I think its a long step to take because you have become frustrated with how polluted the political system has become.

I'm not sure but I think you missed the purpose of my entire post.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I think we still believe in conspiracy theoies because there is a chance they might be true, as in the past some have been, of course I am reffering to incidences such as coup d'états not rediculous refuseal to believe in truths like the moon landing