It’s so frustrating to see an otherwise intelligent person believe in conspiracy theories. I just don’t get it.
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(Conspiracy theories as in there’s some cabal of super powerful people who control world politics from behind the scenes... o_O)
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Replying to @kyrah
Do they tend to be the same people who don't understand emergent behavior and systematic effects?
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Replying to @RichFelker @kyrah
It seems natural that, if you can't grasp how dumb incentives could lead individually powerful people all to act in ways that further particular ends, you might conclude there's some kind of intelligence behind it.
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Replying to @RichFelker @kyrah
See also: evolution and intelligent design.
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