Even if you're joking, this is actually a huge problem these days (and in the past as well). People on all sides of the political spectrum come up with nutty conspiracy theories and then sell books, videos, websites, etc about them, getting rich in the process. They're taking advantage of our natural pattern-recognition circuitry to get us to see patterns that aren't really there.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:48 PM, boboniboni boboniboni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:boboniboni@gmail.com">boboniboni@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
doom-sayers creates end of the world suicide cults.<br>
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creative people who create complex conspiracy theories at least can be<br>
artists or writers, maybe they can sell books. just kidding :)<br>
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On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Brendan Molloy<br>
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> In my drunken experience debunking random nonsensical conspiracy<br>
> theories, the most creative ones would have to be the leftist ones.<br>
> The most doom-sayer of them all would always have to be the right wing<br>
> ones. Without a doubt, neither side has the monopoly on being batshit<br>
> insane.<br>
><br>
> On 23 December 2010 13:21, boboniboni boboniboni <<a href="mailto:boboniboni@gmail.com">boboniboni@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> right wing lunatics are more crazy, for sure.<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Michel Gallant <<a href="mailto:sfxman@gmail.com">sfxman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> You say that as if conspiracy rubbish were the exclusive domain of the left,<br>
>>> or at least somehow less valid than all the right-wing conspiracy rubbish<br>
>>> that also spews onto the net.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Go back to freep.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Boris Turovskiy <<a href="mailto:tourovski@gmail.com">tourovski@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hi Nicolas,<br>
>>>> > It concludes that the CIA is mounting a con to give shape to the<br>
>>>> > movement...<br>
>>>> > and it actually cites this article in english:<br>
>>>> > <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22389" target="_blank">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22389</a><br>
>>>> Sorry, I don't have time to sift through all the leftist<br>
>>>> conspiracy-theory rubbish that's being poured onto the 'net.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Best regards,<br>
>>>> Boris<br>
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