Comments on: conspiracy theorists really hate humanity http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/ city as laboratory Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Facebook User http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/#comment-149 Facebook User Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:51:24 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2731#comment-149 thanks for commenting caroline. I don't disagree with the idea that the crafting of conspiracy theories is a part of our mind's operations. We constantly look to create consonance from dissonance. Our brains are pattern machines and we try to make sense of this place sometimes with complicated explanations. I am excited to read what you are looking for. making a conspiracy theory seems like part of culture evolution. <br><br>But what about the pervasive conspiracy theory that can be refuted with actual evidence? Why does that last? and the ones i hope the articles talk about are the ones that try to explain paradigm shifting moments, like september 11 or evolution or a black man winning the presidency. <br><br>eventually, this type of debate, where intricate conspiracy trumps evidence, is really important to science. i dont want the process of conspiracy to be totally eliminated, i want science to engage them, and win. thanks for commenting caroline. I don't disagree with the idea that the crafting of conspiracy theories is a part of our mind's operations. We constantly look to create consonance from dissonance. Our brains are pattern machines and we try to make sense of this place sometimes with complicated explanations. I am excited to read what you are looking for. making a conspiracy theory seems like part of culture evolution.

But what about the pervasive conspiracy theory that can be refuted with actual evidence? Why does that last? and the ones i hope the articles talk about are the ones that try to explain paradigm shifting moments, like september 11 or evolution or a black man winning the presidency.

eventually, this type of debate, where intricate conspiracy trumps evidence, is really important to science. i dont want the process of conspiracy to be totally eliminated, i want science to engage them, and win.

]]> By: ccontill http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/#comment-147 ccontill Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:38:46 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2731#comment-147 oops it did post! oops it did post!

]]> By: ccontill http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/#comment-148 ccontill Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:35:59 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2731#comment-148 greg i don't have time to type out my reasons right now but i happen to believe that Conspiracy Theory, with capital C and T, is an important part of the fabric of contemporary mythology and, from an anthroplogical perspective, necessary in our development as a species. this is not to say that i think each individual conspiracy theory is true, just that its presence in the cultural landscape is a huge aspect of how we make sense of the world. i want to link you to some articles from reality sandwich about "synchromysticism," which is something of a hermetic art that seeks to match the synchronicities presence in conspiracy theory with pop culture artifacts. i'll look it up in a bit. greg i don't have time to type out my reasons right now but i happen to believe that Conspiracy Theory, with capital C and T, is an important part of the fabric of contemporary mythology and, from an anthroplogical perspective, necessary in our development as a species. this is not to say that i think each individual conspiracy theory is true, just that its presence in the cultural landscape is a huge aspect of how we make sense of the world. i want to link you to some articles from reality sandwich about “synchromysticism,” which is something of a hermetic art that seeks to match the synchronicities presence in conspiracy theory with pop culture artifacts. i'll look it up in a bit.

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/#comment-102 Facebook User Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:51:24 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2731#comment-102 thanks for commenting caroline. I don't disagree with the idea that the crafting of conspiracy theories is a part of our mind's operations. We constantly look to create consonance from dissonance. Our brains are pattern machines and we try to make sense of this place sometimes with complicated explanations. I am excited to read what you are looking for. making a conspiracy theory seems like part of culture evolution. <br><br>But what about the pervasive conspiracy theory that can be refuted with actual evidence? Why does that last? and the ones i hope the articles talk about are the ones that try to explain paradigm shifting moments, like september 11 or evolution or a black man winning the presidency. <br><br>eventually, this type of debate, where intricate conspiracy trumps evidence, is really important to science. i dont want the process of conspiracy to be totally eliminated, i want science to engage them, and win. thanks for commenting caroline. I don't disagree with the idea that the crafting of conspiracy theories is a part of our mind's operations. We constantly look to create consonance from dissonance. Our brains are pattern machines and we try to make sense of this place sometimes with complicated explanations. I am excited to read what you are looking for. making a conspiracy theory seems like part of culture evolution.

But what about the pervasive conspiracy theory that can be refuted with actual evidence? Why does that last? and the ones i hope the articles talk about are the ones that try to explain paradigm shifting moments, like september 11 or evolution or a black man winning the presidency.

eventually, this type of debate, where intricate conspiracy trumps evidence, is really important to science. i dont want the process of conspiracy to be totally eliminated, i want science to engage them, and win.

]]> By: ccontill http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/#comment-101 ccontill Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:38:46 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2731#comment-101 i just typed out a long response on my belief that conspiracy theory, as a whole, plays an important part in our understanding of the world, from a Jungian perspective. and then it disappeared : / This is not to say that i think each individual conspiracy theory is valid, just that I am interested in the way they contribute to contemporary mythology. i just typed out a long response on my belief that conspiracy theory, as a whole, plays an important part in our understanding of the world, from a Jungian perspective. and then it disappeared : / This is not to say that i think each individual conspiracy theory is valid, just that I am interested in the way they contribute to contemporary mythology.

]]> By: ccontill http://www.sciencelifeny.com/2009/07/24/conspiracy-theorists-really-hate-humanity/#comment-100 ccontill Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:35:59 +0000 http://www.sciencelifeny.com/?p=2731#comment-100 greg i don't have time to type out my reasons right now but i happen to believe that Conspiracy Theory, with capital C and T, is an important part of the fabric of contemporary mythology and, from an anthroplogical perspective, necessary in our development as a species. this is not to say that i think each individual conspiracy theory is true, just that its presence in the cultural landscape is a huge aspect of how we make sense of the world. i want to link you to some articles from reality sandwich about "synchromysticism," which is something of a hermetic art that seeks to match the synchronicities presence in conspiracy theory with pop culture artifacts. i'll look it up in a bit. greg i don't have time to type out my reasons right now but i happen to believe that Conspiracy Theory, with capital C and T, is an important part of the fabric of contemporary mythology and, from an anthroplogical perspective, necessary in our development as a species. this is not to say that i think each individual conspiracy theory is true, just that its presence in the cultural landscape is a huge aspect of how we make sense of the world. i want to link you to some articles from reality sandwich about “synchromysticism,” which is something of a hermetic art that seeks to match the synchronicities presence in conspiracy theory with pop culture artifacts. i'll look it up in a bit.

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