Re:How I talk to the victims of conspiracy theories
by fossuser on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:48AM
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I don’t think mocking as a strategy will work.
I think attacking things from the side by targeting how to think critically rather than any specific topic is the best bet. It allows people to learn ideas without being immediately defensive.
Lesswrong is mostly this.
Pretty much everything you said also applies to religion which the vast majority of people in the world believe (in some capacity).
Believing clearly wrong things is a part of humanity - arguably the default - and people have to learn to overcome it.
I think attacking things from the side by targeting how to think critically rather than any specific topic is the best bet. It allows people to learn ideas without being immediately defensive.
Lesswrong is mostly this.
Pretty much everything you said also applies to religion which the vast majority of people in the world believe (in some capacity).
Believing clearly wrong things is a part of humanity - arguably the default - and people have to learn to overcome it.