3 biases fueling belief in conspiracy theories | Brian Klaas

[@RanmaSyaoranSaotome]

Disappointing to see Big Think take a sponsorship from Betterhelp when they keep getting sued for malpractice.

[@notproproductions2025]

People need better help after watching this😅

[@marco12377]

Ironic that this fact will certainly fuel conspiracy theorists as well lol.

[@justadude117X]

commenting so they hopefully see this

[@JayDawn01]

Are they being sued in the states? Such a litigious country, anyone can sue anyone cuz they skinned their dang knee it's so ridiculous. Means nothing.

[@RanmaSyaoranSaotome]

@@JayDawn01 They were sued for selling client details to data brokers which is a breach of patient confidentiality around the world.

[@rexcolt9742]

Easier to trick people than to convince them that they have been tricked

[@marco12377]

Mothers trick their babies into eating the food they need to survive, maybe we need to start treating full grown adults like the babies that they really are...

[@jocysatu1038]

That's a quote from someone if I'm correct right?

[@rexcolt9742]

@@jocysatu1038 🤷

[@deezplace]

​@@jocysatu1038 I think nowadays almost everything is.

[@leatherindian]

The people who need to watch this, aren't watching this.

[@geoffwatches]

Lol yup

[@8507thei]

Who needs to watch this?

[@roadtoreason3368]

There's another dimension of conspiracy theories that isn't addressed here: Believing conspiracy theories makes the believer feel that he or she possesses some 'special' knowledge not possessed by the average person. They 'know' something the rest of us "rubes" or "sheep" don't. Call it the "exclusivity" bias, if you will.

[@rexcolt9742]

👏👏👏

[@mikemo4252]

Wait- I lost track in the middle of that....were you doing Conspiracy Theorists or Rational Materialists? It's super popular to pit conspiracy against science, so I'll play along: help me identify how this description would apply to one and not the other

[@AnymMusic]

@@mikemo4252 One has actual sources whereas the other is effectively nothing more than facebook posts. The claim of "all space photos are CGI cause xyz" is a conspiracy, because you can learn how those photos are taken and how/what CGI actually is. This knowledge isn't exclusive. Whereas if you want to find any sources for flat earth, you get consistently debunked junked from people who don't know physics. Cause when you ask them to cite their sources it's "do your own research" and "they have removed it" (as if there was only 1 single article on the matter)

[@rickyrogerzz]

Well one could apply it to anything but it's definitely key in most conspiracy theories, ever met a conspiracy theorist?

[@roadtoreason3368]

@@rickyrogerzz Yep. I used to be friends with a guy who believed 9/11 was an "inside job." An ENGINEER, no less (who's apparently never seen an ACTUAL controlled demolition)! A good guy, but a bit flaky.

[@MotocrossElf]

Problem is, the rise of conspiracy theories didn't come out of nowhere. It's not just a few biases and information abundance. There really are various factions and individuals vying for power with little concern for human life, which has led to a world where average people feel their lives are out of control on multiple fronts, and where we can't trust leaders, governments, big business, political camps, or each other. The news media and social media companies profit from this distrust and so they feed it. Meanwhile marketing and propaganda voraciously attack our attention and our ability to stay grounded and balanced. The whole profit machine is driving the world into increasing atomization, so it's no wonder this is happening now.

[@gravestone4840]

Science illiteracy, paranoia and confirmation bias. That's all you need and folks will believe just about anything.

[@logicaldennis1245]

“Clean up the information pipelines” vs free speech will be the problem. Who are the “cleaners” that will control the cleaning? This will just create MORE conspiracy theories.

[@RomanHtdh]

judgmentcallpodcast covers this. Biases fueling conspiracy theory beliefs.

[@supercalifragalistic-z9f]

What about all of the "conspiracies" that ended up being true?

[@rishabhgautam2723]

They won't talk about them. They will be exposed 😂😂

[@fistazombie4924]

Putting every conspiracy theory into one single group was the smartest thing the CIA did.. Once fact and fiction come together as one they become fiction.

[@almighty_supreme]

@fistazombie4924 they literally created the term in the 60's to shame people out of talking about what really happened to JFK

[@edwardgrigoryan3982]

I know there are other comments on Better Help already, but this really needs to be emphasized so that Big Think gets it. If you practiced the critical thinking that you preached, you would not be running ads for Better Help, plain and simple. Hope to never see an ad from them on this channel again. Extremely disappointed.

[@thegodofhellfire]

Don't forget the echo chambers people get themselves into with conspiracy theories.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

This researchers brain is in an echo chamber. So many conspiracies have turned out to be true, but we shouldn't look.

[@thegodofhellfire]

@@PigeonLaughter01 no.

[@993km]

​@@PigeonLaughter01 "so many" lmao prove it

[@maestoso47]

6:41 “…it’s really important to make sure that people don’t fundamentally misunderstand the world or vote based on conspiracy theories that are ultimately wrong…”! The other side of this is knowing there are people who stand to gain when people misunderstand. Those people are encouraging more and more conspiratorial thinking regardless of its consequences.

[@lalahouton998]

Who does he think has voted based on conspiracy theories? What a massive narrative bias they have around this story. Is he part of the ministry of truth? Haha

[@Ericmanzur]

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[@Ericmanzur]

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[@mysund]

About bias 1, from childhood most people have had a overwhelming amount of choises when it comes to entertainment or information. We have trained ourselves to jump from channel to channel on TV and later the internet, until we find something that is more entertaining/interesting. This makes people more exposed to conspiracies. Also don't forget how news have become a product in a market, where no stone is left unturned. If there is a niche for a specific biased attention, there will be a product created to fit.

[@DonaldAMisc]

I'm just here for the comments. 🍿🍿🍿

[@roadtoreason3368]

I know. Watching all the conspiracy theorists suddenly coming out of the wordwork to shout "BS" is somewhat entertaining, but also somewhat depressing.

[@kmeellah]

Who decides what is conspiracy or not ? Well it seems it is now easy to label anything we don't want to hear or believe as conspiracy theory

[@It.s-just-me]

You're right...and not only is that what they've done, it's what they want you to think they've done. BOO! 👽

[@jespervanpoucke4806]

I'm curious about what he meant by 6:43: "it's really important that people fundamentally don't misunderstand the world"🤔 I understand that this is a video about explaining: why people can get caught up by conspiracy theories. But let me tell you a story. I'm from the Netherlands🇳🇱 and over 3 years I actively stopped watching, reading and listening the mainstream news. It changed my perspective for good about this world. I learned that the news is just one perspective of the lot and it will uncounsciously fill your head with hate, anger and negativity. In 3+ years I read books instead (quality over quantity) listened to podcasts (with guests who determined there lives to the subject they talk about, something the news does not in 99/100 times) and above all that I practiced and experienced inner piece (also something news and the powers of this world are trying to keep away from you). What I want to say is that when it comes to fundamentally understand the world. It's a good thing to know "conspiracy theories". But as the guy says: "people can get caught up in believing them". I believe in a lot of "conspiracy theories", but also understand that what the government, big (tech) companies and mainstream media are selling us is far from the whole package. I believe in order to fundamentally understand this world, you start by getting conscious of reality. What I mean by that is that you can look in different perspectives at one situation. That you won't let your emotions get the upper hand (anger, fear, grief, etc) and determine you actions. And above all talk about your difference in believe without getting your feelings crushed when someone simply won't believe you. I know it's hard, but it tells us al lot more about ourselves than it does about the other. Eventually self-consciousness is the first step in "fundamentally understanding the world🙃

[@Eldesiempr_e]

AND WHY ARE THEY CENSORED AND CALLED FALSE FOR ANY REASON?

[@colindickson6099]

because they are false? ....

[@thedduck]

Ehh not really "censored" but rather largely ignored, cause they're False aka not true at all 🙃 for example, you can't get to the moon, or put satellites into orbit (comms, gps, etc), or do the weather & climate forecast (meteorology) with "Flat Earth-er" science 😂

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Yup the is CIA rolled out the term to silence critics of their bs JFK assassination report. There are litteral documents that have been FOIAd that show this. History is also full of society changing Conspiracies being enacted. Only sheep think conspiracies don't exist.

[@Thomas-gk42]

And why do you think you're comment is less meaningless if you write it in capital letters 😂?

[@mikemo4252]

​@@colindickson6099censored for being false? Try again, comrade

[@jamesmonschke747]

Conspiracy theories are not just due to a lack of critical thinking, but are also due to the application of critical thinking to reported events given the history of real conspiracies; e.g. the Gulf of Tonkin incident, Watergate, etc. An additional factor for the prevalence of conspiracy theories today is their active promulgation by entities with their own agendas, e.g. influencing political outcomes.

[@kbs1212]

Stop promoting Betterhelp!

[@RoldanRR00]

My favorite part about "conspiracy theories" is when they become proven facts.

[@MCToon]

This is the kinds of comment a conspiracy theorist says.

[@RoldanRR00]

@@MCToon Don't take my word for it. Your enlightenment is one Google search away. Conspiracy theories that ended up being true.

[@thomasridley8675]

Except that most of the popular conspiracies are so ridiculous and easy to debunk that nobody should believe them.

[@MCToon]

@@RoldanRR00 I see. The standard "look it up yourself" response. You could have just stated several of the many, many that are true. I've checked. Conspiracy theories are fodder for gullible people. Take the advice in the video, seek professional help.

[@RoldanRR00]

@@MCToon 👌

[@clefdesoldiese]

To believe that someone in an office can decide what is true and correct is utterly deceitful (self-deceitful also) and extremely dangerous. You think people have a problem with reality but actually you have a problem with control. People are adults who can make mistakes and learn from them (or not, you can't prevent some people from being idiots). The only honest way to fight conspiracy is with arguments, not censure

[@Asuncion-r1x]

Anyway, wise people are capable to discern wether or not an event derives from a real conspiracy... because it may be the case.

[@jcbrailsford]

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. 😳😂

[@FMFvideos]

where?

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

​@@FMFvideos 😂

[@TheSpaceCoyote1]

I despise anyone who refuses to use critical thinking.

[@joemcaverage8169]

For many critical thinking is same as not trusting mainstream media and science. Edumacation failure.

[@marcgaud8039]

Would you say that thinking every conspiracy theories are false is critical thinking?

[@geoffwatches]

No that's a blanket statement which doesn't examine each theory ​@@marcgaud8039

[@cergic]

​@@marcgaud8039 God, no

[@dannycolorado5875]

Despises is a very strong meaninged word, imho. Thats all.😊

[@thomasridley8675]

That so many people want to live in a conspiracy fed hell scape of unwarranted fear is disturbing.

[@snowflakemelter7171]

Don't worry. The fake news media is already doing a great job of that.

[@oilpaintolivia6874]

Tell the truth and people will stop this so called dangerous thinking

[@erdling3132]

And how do you know they tell the truth?

[@paulpease8254]

Yet they ARE telling the truth and the conspiracy theorists continue to deny it. So there goes your assertion.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Yup and all these corpo bots in the comments. Defending the boot on their allowable thoughts.

[@bgs03548]

Most Ppl couldn’t handle the TRUTH. They do better with golden books, holy books, nursery rhymes and lullabies. They need ‘saviors’ they’re TOLD. IT’s called ‘ WORD CRAFT’. In the beginning was the ‘WORD’. Get it?

[@AnymMusic]

You could tell the objective truth and people would still fall into this so called dangerous thinking

[@cowboyflipflopped]

"Someone was driving too fast, and she died." Kinda-sorta making it feel like Diana caused her own death. You undermine your message when you use words this way.

[@Booklessmith]

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[@Booklessmith]

Kiana Daniel

[@lordhuck2689]

Probably because thousands of people are convicted of conspiracy in the USA every year. Legally, a Conspiracy exists when 2 or more persons join together and form an agreement to violate the law, and then act on that agreement.

[@Americansimpleton]

Right, straight up unconstitutional. Thought crimes, it's wild.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

That can never happen! Reeeee!

[@Diddykeytothecity]

The most unfair tool for indictment in my opinion. Not in all cases though.

[@JustinMShaw]

One thing that I've noticed is that culture, subculture, and shared social trends can seem a lot to some people like conspiracies. Shared thinking or experiences can lead to similar actions without the need for secret coordination.

[@junktex]

Maybe we're infected with unbrided greed and corruption especially among politicians/corporations/so'called elites. 1Timothy 6;10

[@poksnee]

No, maybe about it. The United States is now a plutocratic oligarchy.

[@kazuhisanakatani1209]

The timing of the English subtitles is totally messed up.

[@Apeiron242]

You don't need a conspiracy when interests align. Many "conspiracy theories" turned out to be true.

[@jackalbright4599]

He tried to tell people didn't he

[@galador8089]

and many, many more turn out to be false

[@mikebelcher7244]

@@galador8089 Shhhhhhhhh! You're not supposed to question 😉

[@notproproductions2025]

​@galador8089 the false ones were made to discredited the true ones. Cia campaigns against the citizen populations

[@mikemo4252]

​@@galador8089ditto scientific theory.....and it's blind, programmed tribalism that fuels 99% of these comments and comment sections like it ... we're being urged to see this as Conspiracy Theorists vs Rational Materialist Reductionists.....a better dynamic would be Free Thinkers vs Closed Thinkers, but this doesn't satisfy the tribal branding our programmers have in mind for us.....case in point, you seem to be pointing out some sort of difference between so-called conspiracy theories and so-called scientific theories.....this serves as a very helpful illustration of a general disinterest in the meaning of conspiracies, science, or theory, itself..... theories of any kind require freedom of thought..... rejection of theories of any kind is a suppression of thought...... Virtually all modern rational materialist reductionists are prisoners of their own philosophy, their own sociopolitical tribe, and reject VEHEMENTLY out-group thinking, generally, and free-thinking specifically...... Useful comment, yours 👍

[@jimlang9418]

When you learn that you’ve been lied to for decades you become a “conspiracy theorist” Newsflash, if it’s then found to be true, you’re just paying attention.

[@vhufeosqap]

Newsflash, reflexive contrarian and conspiracy thinking isn’t paying attention. Being lied to before doesn’t mean thinking everything is a lie is a logical response.

[@paulpease8254]

That’s not rational. Each individual case has to be evaluated on its merits. Every person has been lied to, that isn’t a reason to believe in things that are contrary to the available evidence.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Yup conspiracy theorists have better accuracy than the mainstream news. So many conspiracies have turned out to be true.

[@djackson4605]

@@vhufeosqap You're framing it in that in a hyperbolic way. If you were to actually comment with logic you'd have a much more balanced comment. You're kinda projecting with that "reflexive contrarian" when that's exactly what you just did... And in an obvious and ineffective manner.

[@AnymMusic]

so ofc the most logical course of action is to then get lied to by a bunch of randos who ALSO have a financial reason to lie to you

[@nneddenn6207]

Most people are idiots without a grain of critical thinking. That's all the explanation)

[@pattya4696]

I will side with the so called conspiracy theorists. They have proven time and time again to be accurate.

[@VeronicaRamirez-NWI]

This is extremely dramatic labeling of those with differing opinions. Allow people to hold their view. You cannot invalidate their lived experience because yours differs. Especially when someone has receipts.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Yup and the cases they us as examples are very convenient to them. No mention of the Gulf of Tonkin, WTC7, magic bullet etc... 😂 And they present research into a group of individuals opposing views as if each individual is crazy and cognitively dissonant, but it just shows disagreement within said group. And they end the video ofc with by suggesting more censorship. 😅

[@realbtch_t]

Facts

[@cergic]

Remember when Snowdens stuff was considered a conspiracy and damn, turns out those leaked documents proved a conspiracy or two? Yeah, me too. Interesting.

[@snsltzk]

The truth of some conspiracies doesn’t automatically validate all conspiracy theories. The U.S. government spying on its citizens is not remotely equivalent to Jewish space lasers, or lizard people ruling the world.

[@Tocoolant]

I don't remember that. By the time Snowden came out everything was very plausible. If not out right already known by everyone.

[@xenon6947]

@@Tocoolantalready known by people as “conspiracy “

[@ThickBanana]

This video just fueled an ad

[@barnz008]

We no longer live in a world where shit can't just happen.

[@martinsp90]

Small Think

[@jackalbright4599]

Planck length thinking!! Sooo tiny in fact, it can hardly be considered a "thought".

[@randomsalmon4603]

Don't believe my lying eyes. This was not 'BigThink', this is 'BS'

[@Panicbot92]

A lot of conspiracy theorists in the comments are doing a great job proving his points

[@VeronicaRamirez-NWI]

@@Panicbot92 I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I do believe in allowing independent thinking and verification of information. It’s dismissive of Group think and Mandela effect phenomena, both of which are pervasive in media. We watch atrocities without questioning and later find out about lies or concealment/suppression of facts.

[@50-50_Grind]

As usual with his topic.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Why then so much effort to label them with derogatory terms to shut people up instead of let them naturally fade out when confronted to reality?

[@oilpaintolivia6874]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 THIS. Truth is the only antidote to so-called dangerous “conspiratorial thinking.” Unless you have an agenda to push…

[@AWM2099]

Covid related concerns and cautions were not conspiracies. it was a reality and factual. We don't know what these governments injected in us, so yes, I now believe these conspiracy theorists.

[@voleibolll]

The video explained the biases that come into play that make conspiracy theories so attractive, this largely makes it so that, even through the years, they persist. These biases must be looked at and explained for us to get a clearer view on what we should or should't believe.

[@RealitysVoice]

Because reality makes zero difference to flat earthers. Cognitive dissonance is strong in those who choose to believe nonsense.

[@paulpease8254]

America was almost overthrown by a bunch of conspiracy theorists. Sorry, not just going to stay quiet while they destroy my country and my life.

[@elinope4745]

You are right, the modern world has conspiratorial thinking. It has been brought into governance and business and conspiracies abound because of it.

[@xenon6947]

What about smartphones and smart devices are listening to our conversations? It is now confirmed that Facebook and WhatsApp read text and hear conversations to deliver ads. Now is this conspiracy?

[@okdepartment]

The Big Think: Do not think or ask questions. It is dangerous.

[@whatablissfullife]

Were there weapons of mass destruction in Irak?

[@colindickson6099]

no

[@junktex]

No but there was oil as well as the fact that Saddam was about to replace the dollar with the euro in the oil bourse.GREED again.

[@AnymMusic]

No. We already know this.

[@Apeiron242]

No, but there would have been once the sanctions and inspections ended. Iraq had billions in arms deals with Russia, China and France.

[@bcooke1000]

@@AnymMusicDon’t be mean on the net. Please understand this could well be a child, (or adult) asking for information.

[@50-50_Grind]

It's a coping mechanism for the poorly educated.

[@gruby135f]

The last words he says about "reality" sounds very like conspiracy theorie

[@jackalbright4599]

I went ahead and reported this video as misinformation for you.

[@starc.]

that assumes they are theories, william casey said about knowing when the program is complete, and who he worked for, invented the label "CT"

[@AlexLiYT]

Imagine getting sentenced to jail cus you're not a good storyteller

[@Ramoncrd]

So don’t think for yourself and just believe what your told is the biggest conspiracy theory good job Brian

[@Tocoolant]

"Thinking for yourself" is a truism unless you have double personality. Flat Earthers also "think for themselves".

[@bruno_giordano]

these kinds of efforts are hilarious at this point

[@MrEpmonroe]

We live in different realities because one person ‘s news media says the polar opposite of the other.

[@Born_again1984]

You do know that her own son Harry was one of the people that stated there was more behind his mother’s death, right?

[@whatablissfullife]

This is government propaganda piece

[@heisenberg9584]

which one?

[@jacquelineraner14]

Everything is propaganda

[@leonardticsay8046]

Agitprop to mobilize self-identifying intellectuals against the working class.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

💯

[@somethingginterestingg4275]

Sooooo many conspiracies are wrong. Its profitable and easily gets shares with positive and negative engagement.

[@burtkocain6846]

Because predatory people are attracted to positions of power and also prey on vulnerable people. It's an instinctual response when you're in a system dominated by predators.

[@loubraga5800]

This video about conspiracy theory is a perfect example of conspiracy theory.😂

[@whatablissfullife]

Why WT7 building collapse?

[@colindickson6099]

because it burned for hours and hours with zero firefighter intervention

[@mekabar77]

@@colindickson6099 It did not. Also skyscrapers did not once in history collapse due to building fires. Until 9/11 when it happened 3 times on the same day.

[@junktex]

@@colindickson6099 Then there's the fact that no highrise steel-framed structure has ever collapsed due to fire,,,,,especially office fires

[@vhufeosqap]

@@mekabar77how many times have planes if that sized collided with sand cause serious fires in buildings of technically similar skyscrapers?

[@PigeonLaughter01]

​@@vhufeosqapnothing hit WTC7

[@ralphhennen5769]

Gossip has always been more interesting and inviting than short story news. The social networks have expanded the gossip venue and are fueled by the need to connect without being responsible for finding truth. The MAGA movement grew from the food of mega gossip.

[@yw1971]

Conspirative thinking is instinctive & therefore a cognitive bias. If we'll educate how to minimize it at an early age, we'd gain a lot

[@JayDawn01]

Anyone here think maybe they have a contract with betterhelp and have to run their ads for now? No? Okay, good critical thinking skills.

[@BuozWhiteDev17]

Paid by the invincible hand

[@robsaxepga]

Opus Dei 🤣

[@visheshranpariya210]

nice try diddy

[@djackson4605]

Being skeptical of information from sources that used to be trusted (media, politicians) is logically what should happen considering their track-record. Also kind of a tangent, but this video being sponsored by betterhelp proves they either aren't scrupulous, or are just in it for the money. That "company" has a pernicious method of marketing to emotionally vulnerable people directly after their therapy session. That's a genuine dystopian nightmare of late-stage capitalism combined with corruption. That should obviously be illegal... I want to combat this obvious garbage, but this channel is biased in one of the worst ways, or has no moral compass. Easy unsub with this video.

[@leonardticsay8046]

Same. Isn’t it weird to be asked to trust only “approved” or “verified” sources. Who approves? Who verifies?

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Same here. And with a channel name like big think, i wouldnt expect them to discourage critical thiking.

[@gavinwince]

Lol - this video won't age well

[@paulsunday7688]

nice talk. another bias responsible for the prevalence of CTs is what I'd call repetition effect. the more information/stories are told or heard repeatedly, the less we are likely to doubt it. the repetitiveness paralysises critical thinking aand we more readily believe. propaganda works likes this too. however, i should add that CTs are not always false, which is another reason why they are also believed and continue to prevail. what happens when an organisation or govt. or even a former employee/insider comes and reliably admits to the claims of an erstwhile CT?

[@edkaym]

You need to rename your Channel “Shallow Think for Pond Skimmers. When every western country is proposing the same intrusive legislation , that furthers the already extensive Centralized Control, at exactly the same moment in time, we are no longer dealing with Conspiracy Theory, we are well into the realm of “Conspiracy Analysis”

[@blackmud]

I bet this guy got the jab.

[@Born_again1984]

I disagree with point number one, I don’t believe it’s just the human mind that likes a good story. I think there is something innately built within humanity that desires to know truth. We do not like to be taken advantage of or deceived. Conspiracy theories can only gain traction and validity if enough of the puzzle pieces continuously fit within that framework. I do believe since 2020 there have been several things that I am noticing that has became valid and therefore moving forward, the high probability of these conspiracy theories being believable is due to how many of the initial ones have actually been proven truth.

[@pablopiquante3227]

How does gas lighting fit into this presentation? With so many conspiracy realities being revealed, is there any wonder people are questioning almost everything?

[@Thomas-gk42]

Thank you.

[@justsomedude-pm4]

The term "conspiracy theorist" is a bit overused nowadays. Some wackados out there will believe just about anything they hear sure. Other people look at the information presented to them and know that something is off. That the presenter of the information is not being fully transparent about their true intentions. So you dig down into trying to find the answers to what am I not being told. Then you find the boring literature dig down deeper. Then you realize everything that doesn't make sense to you is written down like an instructional manual for people in positions of power to follow and your government does not and has not been functioning the way you where taught it does at all. Then more things start aligning. You see the media is painting a certain narrative while the opposing media sources are just arguing that narrative without explanation and you end up with two separate groups of people that are so convinced they are on the right side of things that don't really understand the situation fully. It all makes sense there's no "secret knowledge" there's just knowledge that's buried so deep under all the mindless bullshit that the average person with a busy life will not have the time to sort through or that are just not willing to accept that they've been lied to and think everything is happy happy rainbows and unicorns.

[@Hmm-cn2be]

Who is ligma?

[@michael2275]

No, they just keep coming true.

[@ourcollectiveinsanity]

and masonic symbolism doesnt exist either... GTFOH

[@evanherrera7]

Dislike

[@geoffwatches]

Good speech, bad fitting jacket though my dude!

[@justdiane5]

This is how all religions were created

[@gkork6]

This just explained how modern Media apparatus works... it all makes sense now, once you see for what this machine is you can't go back....

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Yup your seeing through the vail.

[@wildrover9650]

Oh ok I will just go back to watching CNN and MSNBC and everything will be ok. Whew I feel better.

[@antbrown9066]

This appears to be a presentation that attempts to deny the activity of human planning. Conspirare from Latin described the act of people coming together in agreement, often through a shared purpose or intention. Over time, this meaning evolved to imply a more secretive or covert intention, especially when multiple individuals planned to achieve a common end, sometimes unlawfully.

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Yup, but we are told they dont exist and its a naughty word. "Just trust all the corrupt and powerful people, let them continue to destroy the world."😅

[@antbrown9066]

@@PigeonLaughter01 yes. Naughty word. It has become a label applied with the intention to denigrate and mock, in order to discredit and shut down discussion.

[@somebody1828]

I know why and I haven't even seen the video yet: Because many of them are true

[@AngeloLamorgese]

Nice try, media.

[@jimpanse1638]

😂😂 👍 They suck at propaganda now. Its getting more and more pathetic every day...

[@PigeonLaughter01]

So blatant 😂

[@PigeonLaughter01]

So blatant 😂

[@notvanymore]

You haven’t gotten the memo about better help, huh?

[@rodrigosuarez1942]

Pathetic. I almost feel like unsubscribing.

[@MarlyTati]

butter halp

[@ewuraamaetruwaasam7084]

This guy was on Cunk on Earth

[@Phoenix56801]

Conspiracies now are just a few years from reality

[@b.l.a.c.k-shiva]

Weeks*

[@lemayitin]

Nice try, unsubscribed

[@euchiron]

Emotional reasoning vs. logical reasoning. Neither is inherently superior, but confuse them at your own risk. Learn to speak both and you will get better at smelling actual BS instead of multiple Karens in a trenchcoat

[@scottyyoch3537]

How much did they pay you? 50k? 100k? More?

[@roadtoreason3368]

If this is sarcasm, it's GOLDEN! 😁 If not, ugghhh..

[@YoungAlmighty]

The wackest big think video of all time.

[@maestoso47]

Betterhelp is bad, brah.

[@Inphinityproductions]

Lol. Maybe its because most are true....

[@mikemo4252]

The framing and the description of "conspiracy theory" is brimming with bias and presupposition...this characterizing of recognizing deception infuses the entire exercise with a sense of extremeness and unreasonableness....this is an implicit sabotage, oversimplifying and misleading. Obviously, there are extremes to all areas of life and life's experiences...but failing to distinguish among ranges, for instance, distorts models to the point of dysfunction. And this failing can be intentional, if we want to create an oversimplified impression. Merging the idea of, say, crop circles, the moon being made of green cheese, and the like, with the idea of, say, institutionalized dishonesty is so low resolution as to be invalidating.... When people in a non-private domain collaborate in a plan to deceive, they are conspiring. We could rationalize additional contexts, but this is as good a starting point as any. People conspire. Conspiracy happens all the time, at all scales, to all degrees. Closer to the point of discussions like this one, we zero in on the public domain: when people who occupy trusted positions of public authority collaborate to deceive [the public, though not exclusively], then we have a conspiracy at work. And people do this all the time, because self-preservation also includes "self-interest", and it's the foundations of society (morals, ethics, mores, norms, laws, social pressures, etc etc etc) which (intend to) modify those base motives. Many of those base motives make it thru to become enacted behaviors. And when people don't want those behaviors to be recognized, noticed, (or attributed to them), they scheme- sometimes in collaboration with others. This is a somewhat generic description of a conspiracy. But that's it. It's not context-dependent, it's not subject to someone understanding or sympathizing or agreeing with, or not. Conspiracy Theories thrive BECAUSE we've been discouraged - shamed?- into not discussing them, avoiding them altogether....and when people aren't "allowed" to mentally, conversationally explore topics, those topics tend to sprawl....when areas of society are untended to, generally, they go wrong...in this case, when the cat's away, the mice will play: if we aren't "allowed" to look in on things, then opportunists will be the first to recognize the opportunity this creates....if we aren't allowed to entertain possibilities, if we aren't allowed to explore them, then people WILL exploit that gap in our awareness.... If we aren't allowed to scrutinize our politicians, then politicians will be the very first ones to recognize the opportunities that affords, and exploit them. And they do. And so if society generally discourages the active and creative exploration of malfeasance, then the malfeasance will NECESSARILY worsen. And it has. Modern history has discouraged the scrutiny of politicians' behaviors (I can only wonder who might prompt and encourage that discouragement - "who benefits?"), and we could argue that politicians/public officials in public agencies have never been more dishonest.... Cause and effect: create social and legal frictions to the transparency of public institutions and the worst opportunists will begin to operate in those shadows created. None of this should be news to anyone. Are we really challenging the idea that people lie? And politicians more than most?? Are we REALLY suggesting that authority structures cannot accommodate dishonesty? Even on a grand scale?? (counterintuitively, it's often easier to tell huge, colossal lies than smaller ones... also counterintuitively, it's not very difficult at all to include large numbers of people in the deception... large numbers of people can perpetuate a lie without realizing it's a lie, and large numbers of people can keep big secrets better than you can keep a trifling secret to yourself...) What DOES cause discord is political tribalism, easily becoming as "fanatical" as any rabid sports "fan" ("MY TEAM would NEVER CHEAT!"...."The other team cheated!"....."We were robbed!"....,"None of our penalties was legit!!"...."The refs were totally on their side!"...."We won fair and square!"......"That call was RIDICULOUS!")....so we excuse OUR team's transgressions; we deny or explain away hints, clues, or perfectly obvious evidence.... Or worse: ambivalence, apathy, low-information/low-resolution thinking, emotional fragility (masquerading as "reasonableness"), etc etc etc of the majority will actively shout out the ideas of others (who observe, think, consider, weigh, model, predict, etc).... The petulant need "to be right" is the need to not think thoroughly (or much at all), in order to spare emotional fragility from discomfort... Dunning-Krueger is par for the course, and people don't like anything threatening their SENSE of understanding- and that includes ACTUAL understanding...if informing someone, or sharing an idea, or proposing a theory jeopardizes a person's SENSE of understanding/confidence/security, then they will reject that info, that idea, that theory from an emotional source.....they may claim some sort of intellectual basis for refuting an idea before they've even heard it, but it's an emotional motive at work....the instant they get a sense that their emotional security is being contested, the rejection begins. And that rejection very often in domains like this, uses terms like "conspiracy theory" to lead the way and do most of the heavy lifting for them...the term has become a crutch, an escape door, an excuse to dodge, disengage, to begin ad hominem diversions and invectives.... People don't like to be uncomfortable and they don't like to think. Therefore, we have labels like "conspiracy theorist" to spare them from even witnessing conversations which misalign with their comfortable thoughtlessness 🙂 If an idea is so outlandish, it shouldn't be difficult to demonstrate that. Enjoy the outlandish discussion! Explore how/why that person has such an outlandish idea in the first place. The point of a conversation is not "to convince vs to BE convinced.... (convincing=winning...BEING convinced=losing).....this is a low-info framing of reference of communication itself.... Enjoy the ride, the discussion, the journey, the process....you really don't have anything better to do..... Let's maybe try less name-calling and more thinking, and see how it goes 👍