How to make sense of Conspiracy Theories - pt 6B of 9

What do academics have to say about conspiracy theories?

How to make sense of conspiracy theories. Written and edited by Rob Ager. the original article can be read at http://www.collativelearning.com/

Part six explores a variety of academic opinions and studies on the topic, including those of Cass Sunstein.

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[Gallifrey1991]

hey Rob, what is the music at the beginning?

[robag88]

@Gallifrey1991 It's from my short film The Victim.

[malkooth]

I guess this series Rob may be fueled by such things as the Kubrick Illuminati stuff. Geez I just watched that stuff...had no idea there were such things. What they cannot seem to understand that Kubrick talks about good and evil for instance the pairs of opposites mentioned in Full Metal Jacket. Both sides are in all of us...this Illuminati stuff wants to avoid this reality...the three monotheisms adamantly cause this...if you listen to Campbell he says as much, it evolved from Zoroaster...

[robag88]

@malkooth Personally I haven't seen any proof the Illuminati still exists, though I haven't ruled it out either.

[abarrathemaster]

Why would the goverment be perariod about sudam susane being conducted to 9/11 if they cause 9/11 themselves? If the US goverment can faked evidence leaking 9/11 to Osama and had plan on invading iraq in the porcess, why do they not place false evidence justifieding the invasion of Iraq. If the US cause all these terroist attacks what was the point being perariod about terroists?

[robag88]

@abarrathemaster They did disseminate disinfo about Saddam, but it backfired because it was exposed in many instances.

[robag88]

@MrHerbicat Personally I've never shaken off the suspicion that the Gitmo stuff and "leaked" photos were basically done to scare people. A lot of important leaks don't get news coverage, but that one had plenty of it.

[TheLokiFace]

You rally are well spoken and intelligent.

[llaevigrof]

I love the "sticky note" picture displaying peer pressure...very cool.

[notfriendlyyurrf]

You speak clearly.

[robag88]

@llaevigrof Upbringing certainly affects disposition to trust or distrust authority, but I don't think it's always the primary determining factor - education later in life can reverse such biases.

[llaevigrof]

@robag88 Do you think a belief in 'conspriracy theories' have any relation to a "dysfunctional upbringing"? I am curious that maybe people who had a wonderful and 'happy' upbringing would have more trust in authority in comparison to those in dysfunctional and untrustworthy upbringing? It seems to me there has been an agenda to create dysfunctionality...so in dysfunctionality maybe there is more 'blindnesses' to abuse, or more often than not the abused, then abuse rather than seek to heal it?

[llaevigrof]

@robag88 Good point I hadn't thought of. So I have to wonder, is there then a deeper agenda in all of this. I had been active in the 'occupy' but this kind of makes me stand back and wonder.