01-11-2013, 03:14 PM
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Apocalypse
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Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories
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The authors begin by defining a conspiracy theory as ?a proposed plot by powerful people or organizations working together in secret to accomplish some (usually sinister) goal? that is ?notoriously resistant to falsification ? with new layers of conspiracy being added to rationalize each new piece of disconfirming evidence.? Once you believe that ?one massive, sinister conspiracy could be successfully executed in near-perfect secrecy, [it] suggests that many such plots are possible.? With this cabalistic paradigm in place, conspiracies can become ?the default explanation for any given event?a unitary, closed-off worldview in which beliefs come together in a mutually supportive network known as a monological belief system.?
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