Why so many conspiracy theorists and what to do about them

[kwilco]

2 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Too few of those, our ranks are growing. We are a plague and should not exist, so what should the Good People do about us? It's a fundamental issue.

So where is you evidence? Your figures????

 

[rattlesnake]

8 minutes ago, kwilco said:

So where is you evidence? Your figures????

 

 

Evidence of what? Of the growing number of "conspiracy theorists"? It is observable empirically, hence the constant reminders of our existence and nuisance. We even managed to get one of our guys in the White House.

[kwilco]

3 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Evidence of what?

QED!

[rattlesnake]

3 minutes ago, kwilco said:

QED!

 

Please explain.

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Too few of those, our ranks are growing. We are a plague and should not exist, so what should the Good People do about us? It's a fundamental issue.

Put you on an island & leave you unvaccinated ???

 

… you need antibiotics? 

[rattlesnake]

31 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Put you on an island & leave you unvaccinated ???

 

… you need antibiotics? 

 

Kind of like the quarantine camps the CDC had in store… Good thing Warp Speed short-circuited that plan.

 

(I am not against antibiotics).

[Red Phoenix]

2 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Kind of like the quarantine camps the CDC had in store… Good thing Warp Speed short-circuited that plan.

(I am not against antibiotics).

 

Dick Smith misrepresented my stance on antibiotics.

I simply wrote that I had not taken any antibiotics for as long as I can remember (and surely more than 30-40 years). 

So for the record:

> I am NOT against antibiotics.

And anyone that thinks they are indicated for a medical condition they have, should be free to take them.

 

But I have always shunned them as they interfere with the natural healing process, and I will ONLY use them in case of an urgent real life-threatening condition where they are indicated.  

Everybody should be free to take whatever they believe will help them, and that includes vaccines and the mRNA gen-therapy.  But yes, I am against vaccines

And I will not cease spreading Food for Thought, sometimes of the blunt in-your-face kind, so that at least the believers hear a different tune than the 24/7 Big Pharma propaganda, and can make up their mind.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

I am NOT against antibiotics.

 

i had a serious infection on my finger. i had no choice but to take antibiotics. but i havent taken them often in the last 20 years. 

 

antbiotics have been over-prescribed.

 

but one reason people take so much antibiotics is because of our work culture. in many cases, if you just take a few days off work, the body will recover on its own. 

 

 

[KhunLA]

to the title ...

 

... may want to pay attention to a few of them, as you may learn something.

 

A little deprogramming from MSM would help most people 

[JAG]

On 4/19/2025 at 11:51 AM, richard_smith237 said:

Flat earthers,

The Flat Earth thing has at least been empirically disproved!

 

[kwilco]

I blame Mulder and Scully…
“The truth is out there.” But so are the stories we want to believe.

 

Conspiracy theories aren’t new—they’ve always been around. Ancient Rome had rumours of secret cults. The Middle Ages blamed plagues on shadowy plots. Fire of London had Riots blaming foreigners. In the 20th century, it was aliens, secret societies, and the Bermuda Triangle swallowing ships whole.
“Chariots of the Gods” sold the idea that ancient structures meant aliens were behind it all—not brilliant human engineering. Why? Because a mystery feels more thrilling than facts. And blaming the unknown feels better than admitting we just don’t know everything.
These theories survive not because they’re proven—but because they feel good:
They turn confusion into clarity, they make believers feel special, “in the know", they replace chaos with a story.

 

But here’s the challenge:
If conspiracy theories have always existed—even before modern science, the internet, or government intelligence—is it possible we’re repeating the same pattern? Creating myths to feel in control?
Even Mulder had to face dead ends. And Scully kept asking the hard questions.
So ask yourself: Are you actually chasing the truth? Or just an need for a version of a very old fantasy?
 

[kwilco]

It seems that people don't actually know how vaccines (and antibiotics) work - they use "natural" processes of the body - people love to make a fake difference between natural and some other category - they never explain the difference though.