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What is the most unhinged conspiracy theory? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I heard an interesting grand theory of conspiracy theories. Many people want the world to be well ordered and easily understood in black and white. Alas, the real world is chaotic, unpredictable, and confusing. To bridge that gap, they reach for religion, conspiracy theories, or both. Can't comprehend evolution? The seven day creation story is nice, neat, and simple. Incredulous that humans could develop the technology to get to the moon? Clearly it is a clever Hollywood director.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Which creation account, though? The bible has two that are mutually exclusive.