Comment on Why were so many people believers in the conspiracy that 9/11 was an inside job

zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Venn Diagram overlap between anti-vaxxers, 9-11 ‘truthers’, and flat earthers is nearly a circle

  source

  • Dr_Satan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Some would call them “independent thinkers”

    What’s more admirable, to conform and be right or to think independently and be wrong?

    source

    • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think the weaponization of ignorance is a more nuanced subject than a binary choice.

      There is no merit in pushing significantly disproven ‘theories’ like flat earthism.

      source

      • Dr_Satan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No doubt. But dang, when you call yourself right because you quote the most popular authority, I feel a strong impulse the play it wrong.

        I mean, I’d push flat-eartherism just to highlight the absurdity of the popular epistemology.

        source

        • -> View More Comments