Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago[CW: Slurs] Any attempt to connect with my dad immediately turns into "Woke liberals are ruining the world."NSFWlemmy.caimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1295arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down17·8 months 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-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 months 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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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.