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Recipe for Conspiracy Theory: Add a few kernels of truth, with several tablespoons of your most cherished fantasies. Salt to taste with lies from people you shouldn't trust but do, and mix in every logical fallacy you can think of (and a few you can't). Don't forget passionate intensity! Otherwise, recipe won't be spicy enough. Anybody disagrees with you, dump as many accusations into the mix as you can. If reason or logical consistency is floating around in the mix, pitch it and start again. Serve only to people who wouldn't dream of asking you to prove your theory. Your "sincerity" alone should be enough to convince the "right" people that you're right.

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