Re:JFK files expose family secrets: Their relatives were CIA...
by etchalon on Monday June 02, 2025 @06:57PM
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The nature of a conspiracy theory is that it is a belief not-backed by facts in evidence, but one requiring the theorist to assume alternative information based on their own intuition and a distrust of official data.
Saying their beliefs are unfalsifiable is not a "accusation". It is a statement of fact.
If you arrive at your conclusion despite the evidence, then you are already relying on a process by which new evidence can be discounted.
The goal post can always be (and generally will always be) moved.
Re:JFK files expose family secrets: Their relatives were CIA...
by kelipso on Monday June 02, 2025 @09:43PM
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I would describe it as filling in the blanks when there is a lack of evidence. Some people do it badly, others do it well. Some people move goalposts, others don’t. You’re clearly just randomly accusing without thinking it through. I hope you see the fallacy in your thought process here.
Saying “their beliefs are unfalsifiable” is just a boring accusation. Like looking at the worst scientists and accusing all scientists that their research is bs.