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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by flipflip on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:36AM (#28946009)
I think the people falling for conspiracy theories are thoroughly demoralized. They are so far in the rabbit hole that they cannot even acknowledge reality any longer. That won't be fixed by stopping people to read things. I think it will only add to the underlying mistrust and make it worse.

You need to find out why that happened and fix that.

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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by qorrect on Saturday October 23, 2021 @02:02PM (#28970813)
"Reality" is so huge and so opaque, it often feels like there aren't any answers only more questions. We're hairless apes on a rock hurtling through endless space, reality is terrifying.

I imagine a lot of these people just want/need something to cling to , because even the conspiracy theory sometimes seems more real then reality.

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