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Originally Posted by Cowperson
There's no greater time-wasting exercise in the world than arguing with a committed conspiracy theorist.
"Conspiracy theories are one way to make sense of what happened and regain a sense of control. Of course, they're usually wrong, but they're pyschologicaly reassuring. Because what they say is that everything is connected, nothing happens by accident, and that there is some kind of order in the world, even if it's produced by evil forces. I think psychologically, it's in a way consoling to a lot of people." - Michael Barkun, a political scientist at Syracuse University who has written books on the culture of conspiracies
Cowperson
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Oh yes ..........the famous "they need the conspiracy to cope with the tragedy of life" argument.
Yawn.....