Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 28, 2015A sincere belief in the plausibility of large-scale (n>150, Dunbar's number say) secrecy is the main clueless trait in conspiracy thinking143360
ᵗ.ʸ.ᵗ.ᵘ.ˢ⬩ˢ.ᵘ.ˢ.ᵏ.ⁱ@tytus_s·Oct 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @pmarca how does one tell a leaked secret from a plethora of false conspiracy theories?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @tytus_s@tytus_s @pmarca there's no easy way, that's the beauty of it. Conspiracy theories help maintain the real secrets.6:34 PM · Oct 28, 20152 Likes
ᵗ.ʸ.ᵗ.ᵘ.ˢ⬩ˢ.ᵘ.ˢ.ᵏ.ⁱ@tytus_s·Oct 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @pmarca you put it as if consp. theories were created by secret owners to cover up... hmmm1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 28, 2015Replying to @tytus_s@tytus_s @pmarca see rest of convo following original tweets."Encouraged" is a better term: hack human pattern recognition at wrong scale1