Posted on 02/27/2019 6:32:51 AM PST by MNDude
Go figure: If you’re a birther or a 9/11 denier, chances are you aren’t much fun to be around. Sure, we’ve been saying this about our wack-job uncle for years — but now it’s backed up by science.
With contemporary conspiracy theories targeting everything from myths surrounding the Mueller report to the chilling “secret” behind Disney’s “Frozen,” this cultural phenomenon is certainly ripe for clinical exploration.
As such, the new study measured participants’ “belief in general notions of conspiracy” as well as how much they agreed with specific theories (“There was an official campaign by MI6 to assassinate Princess Diana”). Those inclined to believe the theories were “more accepting of everyday crime,” such as demanding a refund for no appropriate reason.
In addition, exposure to conspiracy theories was found to make people more apt to engage in low-level criminal activity. Researchers found that this tendency was “directly linked to an individual’s feeling of a lack of social cohesion or shared values, known as anomie.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
but labeling them as conspiracy theories is a great way to keep people from finding that out, there’s the added benefit of making people back down cause thyey don’t want to be judged as weird.
Meant to include youze two...
My reply #40
It sounds like it because of the lynching legislation that got passed about the same time.
Like we need to make lynching a crime in these days.
Creepy Cohen used that misdirected lie today at his hearing.
The allegation is that Trump’s joke about Russia releasing Hillary’s deleted emails being a coordination in releasing Hillary’s emails (which were on Huma-Weiner’s laptop and suppressed by the crooked FBI) has NOTHING to do with the wikileaked DNC emails (which Assange swears did not come from Russia, but perhaps a butthurt Bernie Bro who is now dead).
He’s a coworker here,Now.
Plenty of baseless conspiracy theories being proposed on YouTube.
Yeah, the whole idea is ridiculous on its face. Even if Trump hadn’t obviously been joking in order to ridicule Hillary, he was speaking of the 30,000 “deleted” emails on her server, which were entirely different from the DNC and Podesta emails that were leaked.
One of the biggest conspiracies that the gubmit & military has held onto is the cover-up of UFO’s and like-kind Supernatural Occurrences.
I believe that President Trump in his on-going fight against the Deep State will disclose and leak all sorts of info before next year’s elections. In other words, make disclosure official.
Flame away....
Ruh roh
I haven't spent much time with this one - for whatever reason, it never really caught my fancy. There seemed to be some irregularities. However, reality is sprinkled with perplexities and situations that are hard to explain and their mere presence doesn't prove the existence of a conspiracy. It might but not necessarily.
Good points. I do have a good friend who is a flat earther. He is very serious about it and has done his own active “research.” He asked me if I could get him a laser rangefinder that could range out to 8 miles (I could have but didn’t) and he could prove the earth is flat. Now THAT’S a conspiracy theory!
I’m unable to download the actual study from my current location. But, it is unlikely the study demonstrates causality. That said, working in several prisons during my career as a psychologist, I did encounter many criminals who did believe in a number of conspiracy theories.
But of course. Here the progression:
1. Hate crime.
2. Hate Speech which includes Hate ideas, thoughts and viewpoints.
3. Hate face (smiling).
4. Hate garb (MAGA hat, Bible verse etc)
5. Hate thought.
Voila! They want us all criminals.
"More apt." That sounds like they saying that believing in conspiracy theories will make people commit crimes.
What they may really mean is that people who are "anomic" and lack a feeling of shared values with other people are likely to believe in conspiracy theories or to commit low-level crimes.
In other words, while there may be a statistical connection between conspiracy theories and petty criminality because of a common underlying personality structure, there isn't a direct causal connection between conspiracy theories and criminality.
No, but fire-induced structural failure did.
I always love a good conspiracy theory. Some are quite intricate and imaginative. Years ago, before the internet was much of a thing (or at least the ‘www’ side of it), I was on a mailing list called “Conspiracy for the Day”. Every day you’d get a new conspiracy theory mailed to your inbox. I think it was run by a guy named Scolnik out of Chigago if I recall correctly. He was eventually done in by the deep state, though, so it eventually went away, like so many things on the internet.
I had a standard rule of thumb that I’d use with the conspiracies presented. I would read through it, and attempt to absolutely believe it completely for 30 seconds. If I could do so without laughing out loud, I’d file it away for future reference. Some of the ones revolving around Hillary and Bill were absolute classics. I remember LOLing about some of them hard enough to fall out of my chair. On the other hand, some are still current and relevant.
I understand that perfectly. One should always believe what the Government tells them. Even if their lying eyes tell them differently. One’s eyes could/may/will/do lie to them. The Government never does.
Nowadays, even people in politics and people in power indulge in conspiracy theories. They aren't the refuge of the disconnected, the alienated, and the "anomic" anymore. Far from indicating that one doesn't trust or feel connected to any politician or part, believing in the pet conspiracy theory of the day may be a way of proclaiming that one's connection to a chosen party or faction is solid and unbreakable.
And then, among those in office, there may be those who profess not to believe in conspiracy theories, but who act as though they are true, and seek favor with shadowy, powerful figures, confirming by their behavior what they deny with their words.
Lol! The only thing worse here is a “the Civil War wasn’t about slavery” thread.
NOT ONE prediction in over twenty years... NONE NADA ZERO...
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