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When you consider that every evil thing accomplished by more than one person first required a "conspiracy", why is discussing "conspiracies" today considered such a horrible thing to do?
Just to state, I have been participating in, and moderating, debate forums for decades (yes, decades), so I'm communicating from a point of experience. Conspiracy theories rarely produce anything other than a degradation of dedicated debate forums and encourages tin-foil hats to propagate in what would have otherwise been a logical, rational discussion forum. Conspiracy theories are invariably loaded with fallacious arguments and paltry research efforts. They are easily countered by people who use firm logic and valid facts, but the effort required is imbalanced and a waste of time. To argue a conspiracy theory, you merely need to pull something out of your butt. To invalidate such a theory, you must research the data and point to facts and evidence. This process results in "legitimate" debaters getting tired. Worse, no matter how much evidence is presented, the means to argue against a conspiracy theory is to prove a negative, which most reasoned persons know to be a fruitless endeavor.
Finally, conspiracy theories aren't really theories at all. They're just the grabbing of mostly unrelated issues and attempting to draw lines to connect those unrelated issues. And since we all know that cats rule the world, what's the point in debating?
Just to state, I have been participating in, and moderating, debate forums for decades (yes, decades), so I'm communicating from a point of experience. Conspiracy theories rarely produce anything other than a degradation of dedicated debate forums and encourages tin-foil hats to propagate in what would have otherwise been a logical, rational discussion forum. Conspiracy theories are invariably loaded with fallacious arguments and paltry research efforts. They are easily countered by people who use firm logic and valid facts, but the effort required is imbalanced and a waste of time. To argue a conspiracy theory, you merely need to pull something out of your butt. To invalidate such a theory, you must research the data and point to facts and evidence. This process results in "legitimate" debaters getting tired. Worse, no matter how much evidence is presented, the means to argue against a conspiracy theory is to prove a negative, which most reasoned persons know to be a fruitless endeavor.
Finally, conspiracy theories aren't really theories at all. They're just the grabbing of mostly unrelated issues and attempting to draw lines to connect those unrelated issues. And since we all know that cats rule the world, what's the point in debating?
so I bow to your expertise.
Could it be that the banning of the discussion of conspiracy theories, is in fact, it self a part of a cover-up by the Global gaming communities, to prevent their activities from coming to light. After all large conspiracies require that the bulk of the pop remain ignorant and distracted. ( nod, nod, nudge nudge, wink wink)