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<blockquote data-quote="Starry" data-source="post: 658665" data-attributes="member: 6002"><p>I've read the article - interesting if filled with problems (lack of references, for instance, meaning that the reader has to do a LOT more research if they are interested in finding out the actual truth.)...</p><p></p><p>However, I have to comment on the way people generally respond to these sorts of things... i.e "if it's a conspiracy theorist nut then it cannot possibly be true" or "it deals with alternative theories so therefore it's a load of rubbish" type responses... I've come across this type of thinking so very much and among so many types of people... Including those who <em>claim</em> to "question everything".</p><p></p><p>Firstly... Just because something is stated by a person who goes against the consensus it doesn't mean that they're necessarily wrong. Shall we go back to the days of Galileo? He went against the consensus... Was he wrong? What about other things which were believed... How about a little closer to our time? According to Freud, we're all attracted to our opposite gender parent, causing complexes... Right or wrong? Lets go back a few decades... Homosexuality was a psychiatric disorder and could be treated with electro-shock therapy... Right or wrong? </p><p></p><p>My point is, we should never take what we are fed by the media, by "consensus" or by <em>anyone</em> for that matter. We should never be so arrogant as to think that just because we've been told something anyone who disagrees with us <em>must</em> be wrong, because "I was taught such and such" or because "the consensus is such" or "the news said this". We must always fully research <em>everything</em> for ourselves and come to<em> our own</em> conclusions.</p><p></p><p>Let's take "conspiracy theories" for a moment... People laugh at the very name, as though conspiracy cannot exist.. It's a crime and you can go to prison for it, therefore it's safe to say it exists... Now, most of the "theories" are complete and utter rubbish and it takes very little research to disprove them... However, others it has to be said DO have evidence in their favour... Now, whether that evidence is misinterpreted, or actually leads to a fact is another matter entirely, but we cannot know without seeing for ourselves. And some conspiracies have actually been proven to be correct (for example, search for: "Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment" or "Propaganda Due" - dozens of other "conspiracies" have occured, but haven't got appellations which are easily searchable) You have to look at <em>everything</em> with an open mind and <em>without</em> preconceptions. If you don't have the time or inclination to research then the only truly sensible stance is an agnostic one. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I do actually question <em>everything</em>! It's hard work and it's even a little depressing at times to realise that you can take <em>nothing</em> at face value, but it's the only way to live if you don't want to be spoon-fed someone else's version of things, even if that version is "the consensus", because, as I've shown, it can be and often is wrong. Therefore, it saddens me greatly to see people willingly being fed instead of searching for themselves.</p><p></p><p>Actually, I'm reminded now of an article I read this morning stating that creativity is a sign of mental illness... now, I haven't yet looked into that one, so it's quite possibly a pile of rubbish, but it shows the need to look into things, rather nicely, I think...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starry, post: 658665, member: 6002"] I've read the article - interesting if filled with problems (lack of references, for instance, meaning that the reader has to do a LOT more research if they are interested in finding out the actual truth.)... However, I have to comment on the way people generally respond to these sorts of things... i.e "if it's a conspiracy theorist nut then it cannot possibly be true" or "it deals with alternative theories so therefore it's a load of rubbish" type responses... I've come across this type of thinking so very much and among so many types of people... Including those who [I]claim[/I] to "question everything". Firstly... Just because something is stated by a person who goes against the consensus it doesn't mean that they're necessarily wrong. Shall we go back to the days of Galileo? He went against the consensus... Was he wrong? What about other things which were believed... How about a little closer to our time? According to Freud, we're all attracted to our opposite gender parent, causing complexes... Right or wrong? Lets go back a few decades... Homosexuality was a psychiatric disorder and could be treated with electro-shock therapy... Right or wrong? My point is, we should never take what we are fed by the media, by "consensus" or by [I]anyone[/I] for that matter. We should never be so arrogant as to think that just because we've been told something anyone who disagrees with us [I]must[/I] be wrong, because "I was taught such and such" or because "the consensus is such" or "the news said this". We must always fully research [I]everything[/I] for ourselves and come to[I] our own[/I] conclusions. Let's take "conspiracy theories" for a moment... People laugh at the very name, as though conspiracy cannot exist.. It's a crime and you can go to prison for it, therefore it's safe to say it exists... Now, most of the "theories" are complete and utter rubbish and it takes very little research to disprove them... However, others it has to be said DO have evidence in their favour... Now, whether that evidence is misinterpreted, or actually leads to a fact is another matter entirely, but we cannot know without seeing for ourselves. And some conspiracies have actually been proven to be correct (for example, search for: "Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment" or "Propaganda Due" - dozens of other "conspiracies" have occured, but haven't got appellations which are easily searchable) You have to look at [I]everything[/I] with an open mind and [I]without[/I] preconceptions. If you don't have the time or inclination to research then the only truly sensible stance is an agnostic one. Personally, I do actually question [I]everything[/I]! It's hard work and it's even a little depressing at times to realise that you can take [I]nothing[/I] at face value, but it's the only way to live if you don't want to be spoon-fed someone else's version of things, even if that version is "the consensus", because, as I've shown, it can be and often is wrong. Therefore, it saddens me greatly to see people willingly being fed instead of searching for themselves. Actually, I'm reminded now of an article I read this morning stating that creativity is a sign of mental illness... now, I haven't yet looked into that one, so it's quite possibly a pile of rubbish, but it shows the need to look into things, rather nicely, I think... [/QUOTE]
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