The Ontology Of A Conspiracy....

[doctor wu]

https://hermetic.com/bey/conspire

" Conspiracy Theory is therefore of interest only as a kind of sociology of culture, a tracking of the delusory fantasies of certain in-groups and out-groups-but conspiracy theory itself has no ontological status."

[doctor wu]

https://daily.jstor.org/the-philosophy-of-conspiracy-theories/

 

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So who believes conspiracy theories? One survey of New Jersey residents found that most people believed “that several of a list of 10 conspiracy theories were at least probably true.” The survey also found that:

people who believed in one conspiracy were more likely to also believe in others. Belief was correlated with anomie, lack of interpersonal trust, and insecurity about employment. Black and Hispanic respondents were more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than were white respondents. Young people were slightly more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, but there were few significant correlations with gender, educational level, or occupational category."

[jaylemurph]

"Esoteric ontology"?

I don't know what that is, but it def. sounds like someone trying to be cleverer than they actually are.

--Jaylemurph

[doctor wu]

Well.....there are some bright people here.....maybe they can weigh in and give us some insight into the nature of conspiracy theory..?

 

[Minimalists]

Heres what Wiki has to say:

A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy without warrant, generally one involving an illegal or harmful act carried out by government or other powerful actors. Conspiracy theories often produce hypotheses that contradict the prevailing understanding of history or simple facts. The term is a derogatory one.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory

CTers usually referred to as Nutters.

[doctor wu]

From the essay posted above....:

"History is a big mess. Maybe conspiracies don't work. But we have to act as if they do work. In fact the non-authoritarian movement not only needs its own conspiracy theory, it needs its own conspiracies. "

[Border Collie]

They just want you to think that.

[doctor wu]

9 minutes ago, Border Collie said:

They just want you to think that.

And who is 'they'...?

[Bama13]

On 9/6/2017 at 2:40 PM, doctor wu said:

And who is 'they'...?

The people that are not part of "we"?

[doctor wu]

3 minutes ago, Bama13 said:

The people that are not part of "we"?

Aah.....that clears it all up......thanks.

 

 

 

 

[jaylemurph]

On 9/14/2017 at 10:49 AM, Bama13 said:

The people that are not part of "we"?

The Not-We? Have we all relocated to Deva Loka?

--Jaylemurph