![]() ![]() What constitutes “proof” for a conspiracist is often more accurately described as circumstance, rumor, and hearsay and the allegations often use the tools of fear – dualism, demonization, scapegoating, and aggressively apocalyptic stories – which all too often are commandeered by demagogues. These theories operate from a pre-existing premise of a conspiracy based upon careless collection of facts and flawed assumptions. How do people maintain this belief? A thought process called conspiracism Conspiracism is neither a healthy expression of skepticism nor a valid form of criticism rather it is a belief system that refuses to obey the rules of logic. And that we should believe that the only people who know “the truth” are a group of people who comment on YouTube videos. ![]() From /suny-osuniversityphysics/chapter/13-2-gravitation-near-earths-surface/ The conspiracy theory Flat Earthers are a group based on a conspiracy theory: Their belief system says that every person, in all of the following groups, are all part of a vast conspiracy to hide the true shape of the earth: * every scientist, every astronomer, every physicist * every commercial airline pilot, and air traffic controller, in every nation * every military airline pilot, and air traffic controller, in every nation * Every person in the American space agency, Russian space agency, Chinese space agency, and European space agency, * Every navigator and sailor who ever sailed the world from the 1500s to today. ![]()
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