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Originally Posted by Noclevername
It's part of the whole psychology of Conspiracy Theory mentality (not to say that actual conspiracies don't happen, but anyway...)
These people in general feel insecure, like they aren't sure what's going on, convinced something's wrong with their lives or life in general; and then they see or hear of an apparent glitch, an image or concept that doesn't ring true for them, and they seize on it and say "See? This is what's been bugging me!" They "realize" they've been fooled and what they've been told by The Man (whom they distrusted anyway) must be a lie. They feel they're "in the know", and try to convince others of their newly 'discovered" "facts".
Not all HB's fall into this description. But it's a recurring theme among them.
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I agree with you to a large extent. I believe that human's ability for pattern recognition went off the charts a few years back, and while that's a key element in our survival, it's also a key element in our paranoia, allowing us to see patterns where patterns do not actually exist. Thus, a trend of two, or even one, allows us to believe that "something's going south, here," when it's simply a normal variation within the data.
That, combined with an anally-retentive approach to "nailing things down" causes the movers and the players to do things which really have little to do with the facts at hand.
So far as the Moon Landing Conspiracy is concerned, I'd have to coin a phrase, that "a little salt seasons the meal a long way."
Take that, Shakespear!
Regardless, it's true that a little bit of information has caused even the brightest and most informed human to bite off on a particular avenue that turns out later to be incorrect.
In some ways, our intellect is our blessing. Look at how we have risen above the other species of our world! No species, save human, have ever managed to build entire cities, escape the planet, or develop a global communications network (which I'm now using to type this message).
Not even close!
Yet we're still plagued with our own problems of distrust, wars, cruelty towards others, power-play crap (our only effort should be given to solving the problem at had, not one-up-manship...)
Back to conspiracy theories...
I believe that while some elements of humanity are doing their best to shut the door on our collective knowlege, thereby keeping them in the know and us out in the dark, I also believe that they honestly believe that what they're doing is right.
However...
I also believe that we're close to the point where there is no longer any advantage (globally) to be gained by such actions, and that revealing the vast sum of hidden knowledge would only help out species, not hurt it.
Let's face it, folks. We went through some very defining moments over the last 150 years, but a speck in time compared to the longevity of the existence of our species.
We've learned a lot of lessons. There are many lessons we've yet to learn.
I think that, as a whole, we're on the right track. But it's impossible to convince everyone in power to head in one direction when they're still subject to the evolutionary forces which brought them to power in the first place.
These things take time. In time, they'll come around, provided they have the support and pressure they need.
And that's where we come in. We, as underlings, do provide that support and pressure, saying "no" to directions which are not desirable, and "yes" to directions which are.
Thankfully, we live in a society where we "underlings" have, as a mass, the ability to redirect the activity of our leaders without having to percolate our impressions through hundreds of layers.
And the really nifty thing is that our leaders have set up electronic ways where we can do this!
If you believe in something, strongly, I encourage you to send it to your elected representatives.
You do have a voice as to where we're headed.
Please use it!
Enough said.