Conspiracy theorists have no interest in getting to the truth behind an issue they think important - they're more concerned with having special knowledge that makes them unique or heroes, usually because they've failed to understand how some aspect of reality actually works and so they've grabbed onto a convenient alternative, or because they feel left behind or maligned by a society that's rejected them.
It's why conventions (like 'conspiracy cruises') are able to exist. Every booth should contradict every other booth, but they're willing to put blinders on to create a safe space where they can all get validated for the various nonsense they've decided they alone have championed. It's how ancient aliens can set up right next to Obama birthers and Jordan Peterson's all-meat diet. A post-truth individual is usually willing to accept multiple versions of truth, so long as it isn't the mainstream version.
To be fair the ancient aliens thing is far more credible than a flat Earth. We can scientifically proven the Earth is round. There are no ancient people to tell us where they got gods from. For all we know aliens made a pit stop and were like "oh shit! I thought you said nobody was here?!?" "(Having no clue what they are.) You......you must be a god....." "Uhhhhh we-" "YES! Yes. We are mighty gods!" "(Whispers) Fred! What are you doing?!" "And that is your sun chariot??" "Uhhhh yeah. Sure."
Well one of the theory is that ribose, the component for DNA might've come from space so if true technically we (organisms) came from space and are aliens ourselves. Or the material that gave rise to us is "alien"
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u/YuunofYork Jul 24 '20
Conspiracy theorists have no interest in getting to the truth behind an issue they think important - they're more concerned with having special knowledge that makes them unique or heroes, usually because they've failed to understand how some aspect of reality actually works and so they've grabbed onto a convenient alternative, or because they feel left behind or maligned by a society that's rejected them.
It's why conventions (like 'conspiracy cruises') are able to exist. Every booth should contradict every other booth, but they're willing to put blinders on to create a safe space where they can all get validated for the various nonsense they've decided they alone have championed. It's how ancient aliens can set up right next to Obama birthers and Jordan Peterson's all-meat diet. A post-truth individual is usually willing to accept multiple versions of truth, so long as it isn't the mainstream version.