An Open Letter To All Conspirtards.
Tags: Questions, Conspiritards, Conspiracy Theories, Stupidity, Conspiracy

Yes we’ve all heard this stuff, over and over again. The Earth is flat, or the Earth is the center of the universe, or the Earth is only 6000 years old, or NASA has evidence of aliens or, well, you know the rest of the list. There are far too many of these crazy “theories” floating around out there today.

The questions one might ask fall into a couple categories. One major question is how to justify such claims when all the evidence and even common sense is against the “Conspiracy Theory” being true? Another question is why do so many people want to believe this stuff?

I’m not sure I have all the answers to either of these questions, but I think I can show some things that might help the more astute among us to gain a better understanding.

Let’s start with the evidence against the “Conspiracy Theory Mindset” as I like to call it. It seems incredible to me that none of these people ever bother to consider just how difficult it would all be if what they claimed were indeed true.

Imagine it, will you. Let’s take the “Flat Earth” as one example. For this to be true, we have to posit that for centuries, everyone who gained any higher education in science was either roped into the conspiracy, or brainwashed so thoroughly that they actually believe in a spherical Earth. People spend a large chunk of their lives, and their savings, to get a worthless education, and rather than being incensed that they were systematically lied to by the people who were supposed to be teaching them, they decided to go along with the hoax. None (except a few who can never actually be named and can never really be tracked down) ever decided to spill the beans, and whenever anyone is claimed to “have” spilled the secret, no proof of any kind can ever be found that that person actually worked where they claimed, actually had access to the “secrets” they claim to have seen, or in fact, any proof at all that their claims are anything but made up stories.

Add to this the idea that warring and hostile nations, whose scientists also “must” be aware of the secret, never divulge that secret for tactical advantage… The Soviet Union must have known that the world was flat, as did the Americans, but neither one would use that knowledge as a lever against the other… that sounds believable right?

And then there is the question of profit. Even the ancient Latins knew about this one, with the phrase “Cui Bono?”, literally “who profits?”. If you want to get a better grasp of the truth, find out who is profiting from what… and so we have to ask, who profits and how do they profit from this fable that the Earth is a sphere? On the other hand, there are many “Flat Earthers” who make a healthy living spouting their theories to others too dumb to ask the important questions.

And all this doesn’t just apply to “Flat Earthers” but to the others as well. Who profits and how could NASA keep a secret about fake moon landings? What does it benefit anyone to cover up a supposed “Illuminati”? And if an “Illuminati” actually exists, and has the powers that are ascribed to it, how would anyone ever have learned of it? What value is there to science to lie about the Sun being the center of the Solar System?

So we have no real motive for any of these “cover-ups”, and the idea that so many, would strive so hard, for so long, to keep worthless secrets is simply ludicrous.

As to why people want to believe these conspiracy theories, well I guess that a lot of that stems from a need to appear wiser than you really are, combined with no desire whatsoever to do the actual work that would be required to really learn anything. Indoctrination also plays a key role I would hazard.

What I find most disturbing by far though, is that these people, so convinced of their crazy conspiracies are blind to actual conspiracies that are not even that well hidden, but perhaps that is why they ignore them. If the conspiracy is out in the open, it’s not something secret and known only to them, and therefore doesn’t make them feel special. When giant corporations conspire to control governments and the media, to convince people to vote against their own interests, well, that’s not some deep dark secret, and therefore not worth bothering about…

Maybe I’m wrong about that, but I see no other rational explanation except to say Conspiritards are idiots.