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RE: Be an Intelligent Skeptic, not a Conspiracy Theorist
Evidently, the emotional wounds go pretty deep, to the extent of delusion. Even basic facts are ignored, while random patterns are misinterpreted as "fact" or "evidence". I think it would be healthy to engage with people and groups and find out exactly why they are so vehemently distrustful of everything, even cold hard evidence. Of course, they don't see it and won't believe anything you or I say, but with time and persuasion, I think they'll see the bleeding obvious. Alain is spot on - these are otherwise intelligent people who somehow seem to shut down their logic when it comes to some matters.
Yeah, it can be frustrating at times. I wonder, also, the impact of various chemicals on the brain (such as psychedelics) in connecting hemispheres in such a way to see patterns even where they don't exist. I get how that could have been an evolutionary advantage, even believing things which were not true, in order to survive and spread the genes, but I wonder how useful it is today.
Thanks again for sharing this.
Indeed, crucial for survival in the Savannahs a hundred thousand years ago. Today, not so much :)
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