Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[CW: Slurs] Any attempt to connect with my dad immediately turns into "Woke liberals are ruining the world."NSFWlemmy.caimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down139file-text
arrow-up1305arrow-down1image[CW: Slurs] Any attempt to connect with my dad immediately turns into "Woke liberals are ruining the world."NSFWlemmy.caZoidsberg@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·1 year agoThe History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn’t always equal true.
minus-squarepantsu_professor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoAncient astronaut theorists believe the pyramids were created as a form of landing platform/dock for extrasolar spacecraft.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down17·1 year agoIn this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIf you’re taken in by conspiracy theories, it’s not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that A) information that confirms your biases is true B) you are privy to knowledge others don’t have. These two things reinforce one another.
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The History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn’t always equal true.
Ancient astronaut theorists believe the pyramids were created as a form of landing platform/dock for extrasolar spacecraft.
In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”
If you’re taken in by conspiracy theories, it’s not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that
A) information that confirms your biases is true
B) you are privy to knowledge others don’t have.
These two things reinforce one another.