Well, to be honest, I never thought about conspiracy theories much until I came to BAUT (for an unrelated question on gravity spurred by a slow day at work which lead to me pondering the great questions of the universe).

I started coming to BAUT regularly, and I started reading the CT threads for entertainment. I don't consider myself a debunker--I don't have any special background or education that really pertains to most claims. When I participate in a CT thread it's usually one or more of the following reasons:

1) Someone said something that I find interesting, or at least evoked a response in me, and I'm participating as conversation

2) I see things and relate things in ways that, to most people, don't make any sense...but to me, are more clear than what may have already been stated. Many of my posts are ideas that have already been said, but then they hit me in "my way of thinking", and I post in the rare chance that someone else out there thinks along the same lines as me.

3) I am very interested in interpersonal relationships and the workings of the human mind. I like to explore some of these things from a "why would x person do this" angle...though admittedly I don't have any formal education in psychology...just a curiosity and attentiveness that I try to apply solid reasoning to.

4) Rarely but occasionally a topic will venture into one of the few areas that I do actually know a little about, such as computer animation/computer generated photographs, or law enforcement/legal process. When 95% of the conversations are over your head, you tend to jump at the chance to talk about something you actually know.

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