What makes people believe in absurd conspiracy theories?

[ThatDude30]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

 

[forkup]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

I think it has to do with the need for people to give everything a place in their outlook on the world. People believe because they want to believe. They believe because it confirms what they already thought. They believe because they hate the fact that some things happen that make no rational sense. People hate the idea of not knowing so they fill in their own fact when they need to place something.

 

[fncceo]

Belief in a conspiracy theory allows you to believe you know more than every one else while actually knowing less.

It's the lazy way to a superiority complex.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

I believe that there is a concerted effort to convince us that there are conspiracies.

The idea is that if we believe that we are the target of all these bizarre conspiracies, then this will make us fearful and paranoid; and then they can use our fear and paranoia to manipulate and control us.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Here's what I believe....

I believe this thread is propaganda...oops....that would be a conspiracy

 

[Desperado]

Sometimes the conspiracy theory is more believable than the story the media/government is pushing. Also there are times that the "Official" story has too many holes in it and leaves you with more questions than answers

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Sometimes the conspiracy theory is more believable than the story the media/government is pushing. Also there are times that the "Official" story has too many holes in it and leaves you with more questions than answers

The above will deny that George Soros and other Leftist backed deep pocketed sources PAY people to arrive at conservative gatherings to create mayhem and then twist it to make it looks as thought they were the victims. There's a whole lot of evil taking place.

 

[JohnPrewett]

Interest in "conspiracy theories" increases as more people see the government and mass media are flagrant inveterate liars.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Sometimes the conspiracy theory is more believable than the story the media/government is pushing. Also there are times that the "Official" story has too many holes in it and leaves you with more questions than answers

logic and common sense like that never registers with the OP and many of the others that replied after him.

the OP and the many trolls that replied after him,have the warped opinion that THIS absurd conspiracy theory of the governments is valid after all.

they NEVER can justify the absurdity in these pesky little facts here of the governments unproven theories.

Idaho Observer: The looniest of all 9/11 conspiracy theories

The looniest of all 9/11 conspiracy theories
. Curiously, most of the “outrageous conspiracy theories” to which he refers incorporate some extremely sound science, logic and witness testimony where the official version is lacking in those critical areas. The following is a rather clever and immensely sarcastic approach to the government's explanation of 9/11 -- which follows a pattern established by the “magic bullet theory” to explain the assassination of JFK and a Ryder truck full of fertilizer and fuel oil to explain the damage at the Murrah federal building in OK City.

So its hardly surprising that the events of Sept. 11, 2001, have spawned their fair share of these ludicrous fairy tales. And as always, there is -- sadly -- a small but gullible percentage of the population eager to lap up these tall tales, regardless of facts or rational analysis.

One of the wilder stories circulating about Sept 11 (and one that has attracted something of a cult following amongst conspiracy buffs) is that it was carried out by 19 fanatical Arab hijackers, masterminded by an evil genius named Osama bin Laden, with no apparent motivation other than that they “hate our freedoms.”

Never a group of people to be bothered by facts, the perpetrators of this cartoon fantasy have constructed an elaborately woven web of delusions and unsubstantiated hearsay in order to promote this garbage across the Internet and the media to the extent that a number of otherwise rational people have actually fallen under its spell.

Normally I don't even bother debunking this kind of junk, but the effect that this paranoid myth is beginning to have requires a little rational analysis, in order to consign it to the same rubbish bin as all such silly conspiracy theories.

These crackpots even contend that the extremist Bush regime was caught unawares by the attacks, had no hand in organizing them and actually would have stopped them if it had been able. Blindly ignoring the stand down of the U.S. Air Force, the insider trading on airline stocks (linked to the CIA), the complicit behavior of Bush on the morning of the attacks, the controlled demolition of the WTC, the firing of a missile into the Pentagon and a host of other documented proofs that the Bush regime was behind the attacks, the conspiracy theorists stick doggedly to a silly story about 19 Arab hijackers somehow managing to commandeer four planes simultaneously and fly them around U.S. airspace for nearly two hours, crashing them into important buildings, without the U.S. intelligence services having any idea that it was coming, and without the Air Force knowing what to do.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Interest in "conspiracy theories" increases as more people see the government and mass media are flagrant inveterate liars.

as i said,it is funny how the sheep in america eat up THIS conspiracy theory of the governments and swallow it hook,line,and sinker no matter the fact it is only a fairy tale with no evidence or facts to back it up.

Idaho Observer: The looniest of all 9/11 conspiracy theories
The looniest of all 9/11 conspiracy theories
. Curiously, most of the “outrageous conspiracy theories” to which he refers incorporate some extremely sound science, logic and witness testimony where the official version is lacking in those critical areas. The following is a rather clever and immensely sarcastic approach to the government's explanation of 9/11 -- which follows a pattern established by the “magic bullet theory” to explain the assassination of JFK and a Ryder truck full of fertilizer and fuel oil to explain the damage at the Murrah federal building in OK City.

So its hardly surprising that the events of Sept. 11, 2001, have spawned their fair share of these ludicrous fairy tales. And as always, there is -- sadly -- a small but gullible percentage of the population eager to lap up these tall tales, regardless of facts or rational analysis.

One of the wilder stories circulating about Sept 11 (and one that has attracted something of a cult following amongst conspiracy buffs) is that it was carried out by 19 fanatical Arab hijackers, masterminded by an evil genius named Osama bin Laden, with no apparent motivation other than that they “hate our freedoms.”

Never a group of people to be bothered by facts, the perpetrators of this cartoon fantasy have constructed an elaborately woven web of delusions and unsubstantiated hearsay in order to promote this garbage across the Internet and the media to the extent that a number of otherwise rational people have actually fallen under its spell.

Normally I don't even bother debunking this kind of junk, but the effect that this paranoid myth is beginning to have requires a little rational analysis, in order to consign it to the same rubbish bin as all such silly conspiracy theories.

These crackpots even contend that the extremist Bush regime was caught unawares by the attacks, had no hand in organizing them and actually would have stopped them if it had been able. Blindly ignoring the stand down of the U.S. Air Force, the insider trading on airline stocks (linked to the CIA), the complicit behavior of Bush on the morning of the attacks, the controlled demolition of the WTC, the firing of a missile into the Pentagon and a host of other documented proofs that the Bush regime was behind the attacks, the conspiracy theorists stick doggedly to a silly story about 19 Arab hijackers somehow managing to commandeer four planes simultaneously and fly them around U.S. airspace for nearly two hours, crashing them into important buildings, without the U.S. intelligence services having any idea that it was coming, and without the Air Force knowing what to do.

 

[psikeyhackr]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

Adequate evidence of what?

Do skyscrapers have to hold themselves up or not? Do we need evidence for that? So we are supposed to believe a 200 ton airliner, including 34 tons of fuel, could totally destroy a 400,000 ton skyscraper in less than two hours without being told the distributions of steel and concrete down the buildings in SIXTEEN YEARS?

What does the word BELIEVE mean? Check the dictionary definitions. They are mostly stupid. To believe means to accept something as true or false without sufficient evidence.

Suspecting and Believing are not the same thing. But people do not use the word 'suspect' very much.

psik

 

[MarkDuffy]

What makes people believe in absurd conspiracy theories?

Too many kickbacks from guns too close to the head

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

For one, when it comes to significant events, people have a hard time accepting a simple explanation for an extraordinary event. The simple explanation seems to clash with the profound emotional effects of the significant event (9/11, JFK assassination).

And then you have your contingent of people who see hidden societies with secret, global agendas in every puddle. Those people are just nuts.

 

[Godboy]

Sometimes the conspiracy theory is more believable than the story the media/government is pushing. Also there are times that the "Official" story has too many holes in it and leaves you with more questions than answers

The conspiracies have more holes and bigger holes in their stories though, every time.

 

[ThatDude30]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

Adequate evidence of what?

Do skyscrapers have to hold themselves up or not? Do we need evidence for that? So we are supposed to believe a 200 ton airliner, including 34 tons of fuel, could totally destroy a 400,000 ton skyscraper in less than two hours without being told the distributions of steel and concrete down the buildings in SIXTEEN YEARS?

What does the word BELIEVE mean? Check the dictionary definitions. They are mostly stupid. To believe means to accept something as true or false without sufficient evidence.

Suspecting and Believing are not the same thing. But people do not use the word 'suspect' very much.

psik

Of aliens, government secrets ect ect ect ect.

 

[psikeyhackr]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

Adequate evidence of what?

psik

Of aliens, government secrets ect ect ect ect.

Is the amount of concrete in the Twin Towers a government secret? The NCSTAR1 report is 10,000 pages and uses the word concrete more than 3,000 times. I downloaded it and burned it to DVD. I have searched it for a number of things.

The amount of steel is specified 3 times, 200,000 tons. They never specify the amount of concrete.

Where was the Center of Gravity of the tilted top portion of the south tower? The terms 'center of gravity' and 'center of mass' are in the report. But whenever center of mass is mentioned they are talking about the airliner, and whenever they use center of gravity they are talking about simulated components in their SAP2000 program. They never discuss the center of mass or gravity of the tilted top which they admit tilted 20 to 25 degrees.

I have a higher opinion of government secrecy than I do of government stupidity. Information that is missing from the NIST report is really stupid but you have to think to look for it.

psik

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Oh boy, get out the tin foil hats and party blowers... it's time to have us a crazy party

 

[miketx]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

All the liars.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

All the liars.

So, because someone lied about something, you are forced to believe insane nonsense? How odd... it's as if you have abrogated your own free will...

 

[LA RAM FAN]

If you haven't personally witnessed it, or have adequate evidence, what makes you believe?

Adequate evidence of what?

psik

Of aliens, government secrets ect ect ect ect.

Is the amount of concrete in the Twin Towers a government secret? The NCSTAR1 report is 10,000 pages and uses the word concrete more than 3,000 times. I downloaded it and burned it to DVD. I have searched it for a number of things.

The amount of steel is specified 3 times, 200,000 tons. They never specify the amount of concrete.

Where was the Center of Gravity of the tilted top portion of the south tower? The terms 'center of gravity' and 'center of mass' are in the report. But whenever center of mass is mentioned they are talking about the airliner, and whenever they use center of gravity they are talking about simulated components in their SAP2000 program. They never discuss the center of mass or gravity of the tilted top which they admit tilted 20 to 25 degrees.

I have a higher opinion of government secrecy than I do of government stupidity. Information that is missing from the NIST report is really stupid but you have to think to look for it.

psik