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@posrev conspiracy theorists.
@freemo I think conspiracy theorist is over used. It’s either true or false or has’nt been proven yet. A theory
@posrev yea i dont mean it in the literal sense. I mean wackadoos, flat earthers, people who think covid has never been isolated and viruses arent real, the obvious crazies.
@freemo I agree. That would be delusional
@posrev @freemo let's call them conspiracy Delusionists cause ruining the phrase conspiracy theory is a danger in its own right just as George Carlin put it. https://youtu.be/bO0-u900OG4
Sorry for the cookie slide show that goes with it ;) ... Sadly I think it's true that the powerful also seed much wacky theories as to hide the legit ones, I think that's real. People that fall for the wacky ones like viruses don't exist have been intentionally mislead but what's the motive ?
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The words used here arent too important to me. But i want to point out that while there are many conspiracy theories that have the potential of being true and are reasonable hypothesis the one important quality is that, by virtue of being a hypothesis, is not rooted in evidence and is pure speculation. That alone, even in the more reasonable cases, makes it quite damning when they are asserted as if they are a known fact.
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