Comments on: Why people believe conspiracy theories

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:11 +0000

quick note… polio has not been eradicated. idiot!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:32:45 +0000

So, did I miss something? Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? You just listed a bunch of examples and gave no explanations.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:29:10 +0000

James: you nailed that on the head “makes them happy and content”. I’d throw “because they are lazy” in there as well. If you take a look at most people who believe in conspiracy BS, their lives generally are pretty banal and unaccomplished. It’s easier to accept that your life is banal and unaccomplished when you believe that somebody else is responsible for it. They could try to improve their life, but that requires more effort than reading some poorly written books and spouting off their bs theories to anyone who will listen.
The flip-side are the paranoia peddlers: authors and douchebags on the lecture circuit (google “Craig Hulet” sometime). The people who tour the country, selling books and videos on this crap always sign off with “I just felt I needed to get this message out because I care about this country and blah blah blah” as if they’re doing something heroic. They could do something really heroic like volunteer at a homeless shelter/animal shelter/whatever…you know, something substantive to actually make someone’s life better, but that’s less satisfying to the ego than becoming the patron saint of paranoid idiots everywhere.

By: James

James — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:47:30 +0000

People like to believe in things that are bigger than they are, it makes them happy and content. Conspiracy theories tend to be largely faith based.
To the commenter above, anybody who believes 9/11 was an “inside job” is naive and has been fooled by money making conmen.
People who are introduced to the 9/11 conspiracy theories should visit: http://www.screwloosechange.blogspot.com
This website proves wrong all of the conspiracy theories in regards to that day. Also demonstrating, often humourfully, the ineptitude of the conspiracy theorists.
Of course the problem of arguing with these loons is that if you prove them wrong, they simply accuse you of being in on the whole thing

By: david

david — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:24:47 +0000

Many people belive conspiracies because they are often more documented, relevant, logical, and resourceful that what is commonly accepted as the truth surrounding an event. As for 9/11. I think the public now knows it was an inside job. C’mon people, osama bin laden did not warn mayor willie brown that morning not to fly, Nor did he have NORAD stand down. Disregarding just look at the building 7 collapse and that should say enough.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 May 2007 08:26:57 +0000

Sad… What we don’t know can often be better for the future of everyone as a whole. When thinking in short term, the mind is not able to see beyond what we are currently experiencing in our 3D that we are seeing now.

By: Brenton Williams

Brenton Williams — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:18:39 +0000

The fact that conspiracy theories exist is not the question. The question is which ones are true and which ones are bogus? Did Nixon conspire in Watergate? Do polititions lie? (Answer, only when their mouths are open.) When are we being told the truth by the government? Who knows, we await the whistle blowers to out them.

By: Jelly Bean

Jelly Bean — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:38:16 +0000

My theory – there is no Osma Bin Laden. The government made him up.

By: Matthew Brown

Matthew Brown — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:16:26 +0000

I think that somewhere, deep inside a government building, Cancer Man is smiling.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:40:32 +0000

Sometimes it is because conspiracies have existed and do exist.