When Al-Qaeda themselves claimed responsibility, even with overwhelming evidence aside? Why were so many people still reluctant, I was researching about this stuff and was shocked to see people who I respect a lot believe in this
When Al-Qaeda themselves claimed responsibility, even with overwhelming evidence aside? Why were so many people still reluctant, I was researching about this stuff and was shocked to see people who I respect a lot believe in this
Some would call them “independent thinkers”
What’s more admirable, to conform and be right or to think independently and be wrong?
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No doubt. But dang, when they call themself right because they quote the most popular authority, I feel a strong impulse to play it wrong.
I mean, I’d push flat-eartherism just to highlight the absurdity of the popular epistemology. But that’s generally a pearls-before-swine situation.
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The true believers have more zip than the careful contemplators, unfortunately.
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I dunno man. The ugly sciencey guy is a hard sell. There’s gotta be a third option.
Smiling grandfather in nice suit? Sexy fascist lady? Furry?
It’s all theater anyway. The mob does not respond to reason.
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Or we could just do what’s proven to work.
One lie-spewing puppet for the people who like vanilla. Another for those who prefer chocolate. Maybe a third for those strawberry-loving weirdos.
We want to keep them (the oblivious masses) marching in the right direction. That’s all. Truth is utterly beside the point.