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RE: Be an Intelligent Skeptic, not a Conspiracy Theorist
Okay so, I get the premise here but labeling people "conspiracy theorists" is a logical fallacy in my opinion. Just because someone mistrusts government propagandists who have lied countless times, doesn't make them some fringe paranoid conspiracy buff, it just means they don;t trust liars.
I do agree with the premise that some conspiracies are total BS, and have no evidence for them. People should go where the facts lead them rather than where the hypothesis leads them. This confirmation bias issue has lead people into echo chambers of insanity.
I would just not label someone a "conspiracy theorist", it is a biased term and losing it's power...
This is precisely what the video is about, instead labeling then "intelligent skeptics". The conspiracies that are "total BS", those can be labeled conspiracy theorists.
Well I would not label them "conspiracy theorists", I would just call them crazy people. They are not actually conspiracy theorists because they have no evidence to back up their theory. Therefore they are more conspiracy failed hypothesis pushers. They don't have a "Theory" because theory is backed up by evidence. They have a failed hypothesis, like the "Flat Earth Theory" is not a theory it is a failed hypothesis.
My issue with it is this.
By labeling the nutjobs who believe in Flat Earth just as an example "conspiracy theorists", it allows the media to label anyone who believes in any other conspiracy a "Flat Earther". They just lump everyone in together and use that term to discredit everyone who mistrusts government.
I see you are not pulling any punches :) I find it difficult to argue against that. I had ranted about the misuse of the word "theory" in a recent post, but I suppose the popular meaning of the term is today different from the scientific one. The term "conspiracy theory" in itself is a funny oxymoron.