To die-hard conspiracists, it seems that coincidence is nonexistent. Everything has to happen for a reason - everything has to have been planned by a person or group of people - probably a person or people of power.
From Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane Sandy to the Columbine school shooting to the Sandy Hook school shooting to Benghazi to Oklahoma City to global warming to President Obama being elected and beyond, I can all but guarantee there is at least one group of people who believes in some sort of conspiracy theory explaining these events.
I can understand conspiracy theorists to an extent. Most people want to understand the world's happenings and believe there's a reason to the madness. On that level, I see conspiracy theories as somewhat reminiscent of religious beliefs. While I myself am not religious, I can understand why many are. Many have the need to feel a sense of order to the world - to feel a purpose for their lives as well as others'. However, unlike with religious individuals, whom I can't prove are right or wrong, conspiracy theorists are debunked more times than A Christmas Story has been showcased on TBS during December 24th and 25th.
One of the joys in life, in my opinion, is to know how much we don't know, keep those figurative upstairs doors open, and through that, continually expand our knowledge. It's much more difficult to accept new bits of knowledge when we've closed those doors, wanting to believe we know more than we do through theories which have either been unproven or thoroughly debunked. Why deny ourselves knowledge due to a fear of not knowing?
From Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane Sandy to the Columbine school shooting to the Sandy Hook school shooting to Benghazi to Oklahoma City to global warming to President Obama being elected and beyond, I can all but guarantee there is at least one group of people who believes in some sort of conspiracy theory explaining these events.
I can understand conspiracy theorists to an extent. Most people want to understand the world's happenings and believe there's a reason to the madness. On that level, I see conspiracy theories as somewhat reminiscent of religious beliefs. While I myself am not religious, I can understand why many are. Many have the need to feel a sense of order to the world - to feel a purpose for their lives as well as others'. However, unlike with religious individuals, whom I can't prove are right or wrong, conspiracy theorists are debunked more times than A Christmas Story has been showcased on TBS during December 24th and 25th.
One of the joys in life, in my opinion, is to know how much we don't know, keep those figurative upstairs doors open, and through that, continually expand our knowledge. It's much more difficult to accept new bits of knowledge when we've closed those doors, wanting to believe we know more than we do through theories which have either been unproven or thoroughly debunked. Why deny ourselves knowledge due to a fear of not knowing?
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