social vegan posted:

i heard that u were a good poster op

Cuckoo posted:

There's actually a scientific article explaining how even otherwise reasonably intelligent people fall for blantly bullshit conspiracy theories and stuff like the flat earth thing. It's basically a brain glitch.

And of course the more facts you list to prove your point the more they'll say "those facts and scientific studies are lies" because the only way they have to back up their arguments is to plug their ears and scream like a child

LadyAmbien posted:

Wasn't some rapper trying to make claims via Twitter that the earth is flat earlier last week? Or am I making this up in my sleep-deprived brain?

PBS Newshour posted:

oh man, can we talk about the "Russia tried to invade us with midgets and expermential aircraft and that is how area 51 happened" thing?

that is my favorite one

ClamdestineBoyster posted:

You sound like the crazy person, trying to impose a viewpoint on a stranger. If your point is so universal and easily verifiable then why do you need to go to such pains to convince other people? Sounds like you are trying to seek validity to your potential delusional line of thought, and if it's a particular neurosis surrounding that thought then you might have become obsessed with alleviating the pain of your rational mind trying to intervene by building up a pathological scheme to rationally override apparent facts to the contrary, and potentially forming rituals that involve imparting that mindset on others. Be careful with certainty, it may not exist philsophically, and everyone's viewpoint may have a glimmer of poetic truth to it whether based in reality or fantasy.

ClamdestineBoyster posted:

I'm not a nihilist, I just don't think most of the things people think can be explained with logical language.

VikingSkull posted:

To be fair to Belzer, Hulk Hogan gave him CTE

Mad Monk posted:

JFK assassination was fake, he's the one behind 9/11.

Pitdragon posted:

they usually come up with dumb explanations that don't hold water if you actually stop to think about it for a second but what really worries me is that i also know a guy in real life who believes the world is flat

is the percentage of people who believe the earth is flat going up somehow?

Wicker Man posted:

gender illusionist posted:

I had an ex girlfriend who studied astronomy. she might have even got a phd in it. she thought the moon landings were fake lol

serious norman posted:

I am unironically mentally ill. I'm diagnosed with AvPD and also I'm an alcoholic. AMA.

rejutka posted:

Do you prefer Aliens or Predators and why?