Conspiracy theory, definition, a fool's idea of intelligence.

A study conducted in 2016 found that 10% of Americans think the Kem Trail conspiracy theory is

completely true and 20 to 30% think it is somewhat true. Source Wikipedia.

All right, let's talk about the stupidity that is conspiracy theories.

This is a juicy topic, very controversial as well, so let's crack into it.

Right off the bat, have you noticed that people who subscribe to conspiracy theories are some of the dumbest people in society?

Maybe there's a deeper reason for that. are some of the dumbest people in society.

Maybe there's a deeper reason for that.

Well, of course, there is,

which is what we're gonna explore here today.

People are extremely susceptible

to conspiracy theories

especially now because there is a confluence of several factors which are

compounding upon each other in today's day and age.

But of course, conspiracy theories have a long history that goes back throughout human civilization.

But especially the problem we face right now is that number one

people have almost zero understanding of epistemology or

theory of knowledge therefore they fall into all of the common traps within

epistemology.

And epistemology is not taken seriously within our education system.

It's not taught to anybody basically and so therefore

even people who go to college and graduate college they're still basically

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