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Steve H

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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.

I respect your right to believe whatever you want. I don't have to respect your beliefs.

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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.
I came to realise that every time we recognise something human in creatures, we are also recognising something creaturely in ourselves. That is central to the rejection of human supremacism as the pernicious doctrine it is.
Robert Macfarlane