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Re:First People Sickened by Covid-19 Were Chinese Scientists... by batch12 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:21PM (#36332866)
When people with influence confidently label and laugh at conspiracy theories, and one or more turn out to be true, it becomes easier for some to trust the people who find conspiracies everywhere.
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Re:First People Sickened by Covid-19 Were Chinese Scientists... by mistermann on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @06:52PM (#36333966)
Even better: one can now know not to trust mainstream authorities, but ithat does not require one to trust conspiracy theorists.
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Re:First People Sickened by Covid-19 Were Chinese Scientists... by lizardking on Thursday June 15, 2023 @10:50AM (#36341324)
One can, but in practice it seems like more people just won't believe the "official story" anymore. That's the behavior that I've seen manifesting lately.
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Re:First People Sickened by Covid-19 Were Chinese Scientists... by mistermann on Friday June 16, 2023 @01:22PM (#36360386)
Well that's kinda my point: trusting the official story is known to be not rational behavior, where rational ~= "aspiring to have a maximally accurate / minimally inaccurate model of reality.
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