tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post8435759870618789202..comments2024-03-04T21:50:12.306+11:00Comments on Upon Hope: Why I have Unlinked from The Thinking HousewifeMark Moncrieffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988061141727262837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-15841949615141409122016-08-27T01:33:30.976+10:002016-08-27T01:33:30.976+10:00"The worst problem is that conspiracy theory ..."The worst problem is that conspiracy theory thinking leads to despair and fatalism."<br /><br />You are absolutely correct!Mark Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988061141727262837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-13312817629796791262016-08-27T00:15:21.173+10:002016-08-27T00:15:21.173+10:00That conspiracies exist is not the same thing as l...<em>That conspiracies exist is not the same thing as letting us believe that there is only conspiracy.</em><br /><br />Agreed. I can understand how people get sucked into conspiracy theories but it's a dangerous path to go down. Very dangerous.<br /><br />What's most worrying is the way people believe in certain conspiracy theories that really are quite impossible once you give them a moment's thought. Like those people who think the moon landings were faked. That's a conspiracy that would require the participation of literally thousands of people. It could not possibly be kept a secret.<br /><br />If a conspiracy theory is less plausible than the accepted explanation then the conspiracy theory is pretty certain to be wrong. I'm a great believer in the principle that an explanation has to make sense, and if there are two alternative explanations the one that makes most sense is most likely the correct one. <br /><br />And there's also Occam's Razor - if there are two explanations for something go for the simpler one. Maybe that's what defines conspiracy theorists - they're the people who will instinctively go for the more complicated explanation.<br /><br />I think it's the same with revisionist history. If it actually provides a simpler and more plausible explanation of the known facts it's worth considering (which is occasionally the case). But if it provides a more complicated and less plausible explanation of the known evidence (which is usually the case) then it's probably nonsense.<br /><br />The worst problem is that conspiracy theory thinking leads to despair and fatalism.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-81122917369658468902016-08-06T19:26:11.671+10:002016-08-06T19:26:11.671+10:00Sadly yes and Revisionism and Conspiracy literatur...Sadly yes and Revisionism and Conspiracy literature share a common trait. Evidence is regarded as evidence just as the lack of evidence is regarded as evidence. <br /><br />In both cases it is ad to see so much effort being wasted to no benefit.<br /><br />When I said we live in a world of lies I have no intention of replacing them with other lies.Mark Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988061141727262837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190326263026916588.post-28219730825173842032016-08-05T00:22:45.778+10:002016-08-05T00:22:45.778+10:00Have you read any revisionist literature at all?
P...Have you read any revisionist literature at all?<br />Please do that before you denieing what they writes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com