How to make sense of Conspiracy Theories - pt 5 of 9

How do corporate media sources decide what is and isn't a conspiracy theory?

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 five explores basic patterns of how corporate media sources decide what allegations do and don't get labelled as conspiracy theories.

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[Sarusource]

4:09 'If the true definitions were adhered to...' And exactly... you are missing the popular definition of the terms 'conspiracy theory' and 'conspiracy theorist' as people believing in explanations which aren't true.

You are also missing the point that it is a derogatory term. You are trying to suggest that the true definition is 'neutral' when it obviously is not.

[robag88]

@Sarusource That's your definition and it doesn't override those in the dictionaries, none of which state the theories are universally true or false. I agree it's a derogatory term, which is a key point of this video ... not sure how you're missing that. Some try to use the terms as a catch-all to eliminate opinions they don't want to hear, yet they'll believe incredibly wild conspiracy theories disseminated by the media and governments. Everyone is a conspiracy theorist.

[webber1991]

1:19 read #5 and #9

@_@ it made the list twice

[robag88]

@webber1991 My mistake. The newspaper link is in the text version of the video on my website :)

[bistiknaw]

sheik Zubair!!!!! thats a new one never heard of it before Oo

[robag88]

@bistiknaw yeah, that one was new to me lol

[webber1991]

@robag88 no worries man, great videos!

[altratronic]

"...conspiracy theory is a substitute term for corruption allegation or suspected crime."

Very true. Great point.

[robag88]

@blah64924 Yeah, I've met people who believe that and the funny thing is they have jobs, girlfriends, a social life and so on. On the other hand I've worked with mentally ill people who can't function in society. So I can't pass off the lizard believers as crazy any more than I can believers in God. What I've found with most "crazy" belief systems is that if you stop attacking it and just ask for a detailed explanation the logic generally turns out to be based on very common perceptual errors.

[blah64924]

lol pause at 1:33 and read number 10