From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Sun Jul 28 2002 - 06:15:41 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
>[snip]
>My guess is that conspiracy theories thrive for the following
>reasons. First, highly intelligent people often have trouble
>accepting that so many stupid things can happen in the world,
>things committed by governments, corporations, extremely
>knowledgeable academics, and shrewd people in powerful
>power. It sort of defies common sense in their minds that
>so much chaos, misunderstanding, and disastrous policies
>could just happen. Surely, they're unconsciously thinking,
>these things are not happening due to accidents, poor judgment,
>faulty theories, and general misunderstanding. No, there must
>be a sinister force behind appearances deliberately achieving
>some of these effects. How else could such incredibly bad and
>absurd situations arise?
>
I'm not sure...don't you recall realising that most humans were not
terribly bright during your school days? I distictly remember
thinking...'It's _not_ my imagination...people really are this dumb...no
wonder the world is such a mess, etc, etc'...?
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