At their core conspiracy theories are the embodiment of critical thinking. Asking questions nobody asks, rejecting ‘truths’, forcing people to actually do research and find proofs. Remember that before Galileo/Copernicus people generally believed that the sun orbits the Earth.
Is a deep negative feeling channeled from the future in which the bad outcome has already happened.
We’re just biological machines spending their existence trying to figure out: who built us? why? and how do we even work internally?
It doesn’t follow the same rules as the regular one. Usually – on the contrary. You can share hope (or fear) it’s possible that you won’t lose any and someone would get more than you have.
As much as rationality, intelligence, wisdom, knowledge is the engine of life. Love, hope, and faith are the fuel of that engine.
Sure, most would tell that they’re living their lives based on science/facts/truth, but at the same time the average person has no:
- time
- resources
- knowledge
- will
to actually even think a bit deeper about life in general. Most just assume that the information around is proven/reliable/true. And I would say that such assumptions are nothing more than faith.
Sounds good as an idea, but wouldn’t it be an end of a species?