Re:Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to d...
by mistermann on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @07:55PM
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> Conspiracy theorists have entire ecosystems of boards and forums where they themselves discuss what they believe, and they often spread their beliefs openly.
Some of them do.
> The premise that "the conspiracy theory world" is a black box is ridiculous.
It is indeed - did you notice that it wasn't me who said that?
You are bot criticizing conspiracy theorists, you are criticizing your internal representation of them, that's why you make unforced errors: what you see is not the thing itself.
It is painful having to explain this to people over and over, and having them laugh as if it's some sort of a pseudo-scientific conspiracy theory - it is literally a scientific fact.
Some of them do.
> The premise that "the conspiracy theory world" is a black box is ridiculous.
It is indeed - did you notice that it wasn't me who said that?
You are bot criticizing conspiracy theorists, you are criticizing your internal representation of them, that's why you make unforced errors: what you see is not the thing itself.
It is painful having to explain this to people over and over, and having them laugh as if it's some sort of a pseudo-scientific conspiracy theory - it is literally a scientific fact.