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Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate

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Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 5/13/14, 12:52 PM, in article nvhd00a.3r@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>>  <http://goo.gl/6LV04> [Slate.com]
>>>    -----
>>>    First of all, why do people believe conspiracy theories?
>>> 
>>>    There are number of factors, but probably one of the most
>>>    important ones in this instance is that, paradoxically, it gives
>>>    people a sense of control. People hate randomness, they dread the
>>>    sort of random occurrences that can destroy their lives, so as a
>>>    mechanism against that dread, it turns out that it¹s much easier
>>>    to believe in a conspiracy. Then you have someone to blame, it¹s
>>>    not just randomness.
>>> 
>>>    What are the psychological forces at play in conspiracy thinking?
>>> 
>>>    Basically what¹s happening in any conspiracy theory is that people
>>>    have a need or a motivation to believe in this theory, and it¹s
>>>    psychologically different from evidence-based thinking. A
>>>    conspiracy theory is immune to evidence, and that can pretty well
>>>    serve as the definition of one. If you reject evidence, or
>>>    reinterpret the evidence to be confirmation of your theory, or you
>>>    ignore mountains of evidence to focus on just one thing, you¹re
>>>    probably a conspiracy theorist. We call that a self-sealing nature
>>>    of reasoning.
>>>    -----
>>> 
>>> That is why you believe your conspiracy theories.
>> 
>> Slate dot com == a bunch of insane faggots, so I guess your latest appeal-
>> to-authority logical fallacy just blew up in your face.
> 
> It is a lovely explanation for your belief in idiotic conspiracy theories.
> But if you want others, here you go (and, yes, I know none of this will stop
> you from pushing your irrational BS... your beliefs in conspiracy nonsense
> help you deal with your feelings of being out of control):
> 
> <http://goo.gl/f3pqK2> [Psychology Today]
>    -----

Psychology Today?  Really?  Have you ever met *anyone* in the field
of pyschology who didn't start life as a kook and spend the rest of
it seeking to find out what the fuck was wrong with them?

<snip remainder of appeal-to-authority logical fallacies>

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OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-12 21:40 -0700
  Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-13 12:25 +0000
    Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 08:11 -0700
      Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 09:35 -0700
      Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-13 18:40 +0000
        Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Silver Slimer <ndr@slvrlps.c> - 2014-05-13 14:43 -0400
          Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-13 18:52 +0000
            Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 12:00 -0700
              Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-13 19:34 +0000
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 12:44 -0700
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-13 19:52 +0000
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 13:24 -0700
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2014-05-13 20:35 +0000
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 13:55 -0700
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-13 15:29 -0600
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 14:29 -0700
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-05-13 15:28 -0600
                Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 14:30 -0700
          Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 12:01 -0700
        Re: OT: Global Climate Change Debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-05-13 11:44 -0700

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