From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@ocean.com.au)
Date: Sun Jul 28 2002 - 08:50:37 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'...?
Growing up and going through catholic secondary school I wondered if I might
have a sort of disability - an impaired capacity to suspend disbelief.
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