are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

There’s easily as many mundane conspiracies as there are people.

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

I doubt that people are more receptive.

The supply of different and varied conspiracy theories is probably greater.

Uncritical acceptance of the authority of the leaders of a group has always been a problem.

Maybe there were always this many conspiracy theorists but we were previously protected from hearing about them.

dv said:

Maybe there were always this many conspiracy theorists but we were previously protected from hearing about them.

Possibly we simply didn’t have the equipment for global dispersal and receival of said theories

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Maybe there were always this many conspiracy theorists but we were previously protected from hearing about them.

Possibly we simply didn’t have the equipment for global dispersal and receival of said theories

I blame Gutenberg.

(Although TATE tells me that the printing press was invented in S Korea)

(I didn’t even know there was a S Korea back then).

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Maybe there were always this many conspiracy theorists but we were previously protected from hearing about them.

Possibly we simply didn’t have the equipment for global dispersal and receival of said theories

I blame Gutenberg.

(Although TATE tells me that the printing press was invented in S Korea)

(I didn’t even know there was a S Korea back then).

What is a TATE when it’s at home apart from a dysfunctional art gallery.

Perhaps a rumour/gossip becomes a conspiracy when it reaches a certain saturation point

Cymek said:

Perhaps a rumour/gossip becomes a conspiracy when it reaches a certain saturation point

That’s what causes lynch mobs, yes.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Possibly we simply didn’t have the equipment for global dispersal and receival of said theories

I blame Gutenberg.

(Although TATE tells me that the printing press was invented in S Korea)

(I didn’t even know there was a S Korea back then).

What is a TATE when it’s at home apart from a dysfunctional art gallery.

The Answer To Everything.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I blame Gutenberg.

(Although TATE tells me that the printing press was invented in S Korea)

(I didn’t even know there was a S Korea back then).

What is a TATE when it’s at home apart from a dysfunctional art gallery.

The Answer To Everything.

Yeah yeah, I knew that, I was asking for a friend and some here who may have been too ashamed to ask.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

What is a TATE when it’s at home apart from a dysfunctional art gallery.

The Answer To Everything.

Yeah yeah, I knew that, I was asking for a friend and some here who may have been too ashamed to ask.

So you say. ;)

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

What is a TATE when it’s at home apart from a dysfunctional art gallery.

The Answer To Everything.

Yeah yeah, I knew that, I was asking for a friend and some here who may have been too ashamed to ask.

Thanks for your consideration of others :)

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Answer To Everything.

Yeah yeah, I knew that, I was asking for a friend and some here who may have been too ashamed to ask.

Thanks for your consideration of others :)

No worries.

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

Societies were a lot less complex than what we have today. What would a conspiracy theory in a Bronze Age farming community actually be about – that Thag had faked his boat journey to a distant island in a TV studio?

party_pants said:

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

Societies were a lot less complex than what we have today. What would a conspiracy theory in a Bronze Age farming community actually be about – that Thag had faked his boat journey to a distant island in a TV studio?

That someone in the next tribe had tamed fire?

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

Societies were a lot less complex than what we have today. What would a conspiracy theory in a Bronze Age farming community actually be about – that Thag had faked his boat journey to a distant island in a TV studio?

That someone in the next tribe had tamed fire?

…or that wotsizname took 2 of every animal in the world on a boat ride…

Ogmog said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Societies were a lot less complex than what we have today. What would a conspiracy theory in a Bronze Age farming community actually be about – that Thag had faked his boat journey to a distant island in a TV studio?

That someone in the next tribe had tamed fire?

…or that wotsizname took 2 of every animal in the world on a boat ride…

And they said to Noah, don’t take the cane toads.
And Noah said the cane toads must go.
But they cried out louder, don’t take the cane toads, take the unicorns instead…………

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

Societies were a lot less complex than what we have today. What would a conspiracy theory in a Bronze Age farming community actually be about – that Thag had faked his boat journey to a distant island in a TV studio?

That someone in the next tribe had tamed fire?

also for information on X there’s probably only a small number of sources Y you could refer to

and it was probably harder to construct as many layers of “interpretation” over the base layers of “observation” as in fantasies versus theories over realities

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

A mundane conspiracy?

I don’t believe it.

mollwollfumble said:

transition said:

are people in recent times really more receptive than say a century ago, or say two-thousand years ago, or say two-hundred-thousand years ago, and what might explain it if people are

perhaps it’s the outcome of, a response to the force of culture, and there really are conspiracies just they aren’t what people think, possibly the conspiracies are much more mundane and nearer home

consider that possibility, a mundane conspiracy

A mundane conspiracy?

I don’t believe it.

humor, a play with contradiction that might go to some motivation to indulge conspiracy (ideas about conspiracies)

I mean consider a person wanted to inflate the importance of their mental activity, or some part of, just thinking mundane conspiracy would likely generate a hang with dissonance, even mild offense as explored

consider an assignment (activity) of mental tools which generates a mental state, imagine some aspect of what generates the favorable or attractive mental state had to go about looking inward for the conspiracy, didn’t really get there, limited depth of abstraction in whatever territory, then went looking outside again

of course everyone participates (to varying degrees) in normalizing the effects of their mental activity, normalizing the workings of their inner world/s

so i’m proposing there are real conspiracies, they may not always be as they seem though

transition said:

so i’m proposing there are real conspiracies, they may not always be as they seem though

uh… this should not be a groundbreaking realisation, conspiracies are common

conspiracy (n) = secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful

SCIENCE said:

transition said:

so i’m proposing there are real conspiracies, they may not always be as they seem though

uh… this should not be a groundbreaking realisation, conspiracies are common

conspiracy (n) = secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful

you could of course formulate or employ a working concept of conspiracy that is independent of ideas about what is unlawful or necessarily harmful, and it’s possible most conspiracy is more that, and the more negative concept is probably derived from that, in some way

what would you need?

something unknown of the workings of inner worlds that tended to operate in a way as to stay unknown

transition said:

SCIENCE said:

transition said:

so i’m proposing there are real conspiracies, they may not always be as they seem though

uh… this should not be a groundbreaking realisation, conspiracies are common

conspiracy (n) = secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful

you could of course formulate or employ a working concept of conspiracy that is independent of ideas about what is unlawful or necessarily harmful, and it’s possible most conspiracy is more that, and the more negative concept is probably derived from that, in some way

what would you need?

something unknown of the workings of inner worlds that tended to operate in a way as to stay unknown

of minds, are there structures that perform functions creating systems that preserve unknown aspects of the system, limit the abstraction, or likely abstraction (and mediation by ideas and thought), abstraction that might interfere with the system, or parts of. I’d expect that’s highly likely

further, i’d expect culture and ideology anticipate an even unborn mind’s (even before an individual is conceived) receptivity

There’s no such thing as a conspiracy, call your friends stating this fact then remind them of your full name , hang up , keep your phone on and wait for assistance from the black helicopters coming to help you.