What kind of person is drawn to conspiracy theories?

[Leo Gura]

6 minutes ago, Christoph Werner said:

Are you telling us there is no rational, responsible way of considering conspiracies?

That's not what I said.

I am describing conspiratorial thinking.

[Christoph Werner]

10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Conspiracy theorists are always falling for confirmation bias. They only cherrypick data that confirms their theory while ignoring falisfying data. 

"Conspiracy Theorists" So anyone who engages in considering conspiracies?

"Always" and "only" 

this sure makes it sound Like to me. there is Not even one conspiracy Theorist who is rational, responsible or reasonable. 

[Uddi]

10 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

Imagine you're a normal person in your own life, working a job and barely keeping your head above water and a homeless person looks at you and says "the workers just want to keep us down, it makes sense as they would want more control". You would be like "I'm just trying to do my job, I ain't got the time or resources for this shit".

Do you think the elites have less responsibility, more time, more actual resources than you, to plot a plan of world domination that requires other people like them to be aligned with their interests and in on their plan and not preoccupied with their own interests? The higher up you get in the rungs of power, the more strings are attached to you, the more of your time is valued, the more of your time is needed, if not, you get outcompeted by those that have that time. You think Jeff Bezos has time for your shit? Just playing the anti-conspiracist devil's advocate.

If you look around, you see arguably much more division than cooperation, certainly across country lines, across company lines, across different competing agents. And you conclude that at the very top, at the very highest levels of organization, beyond all countries, beyond all companies, there is perfect and synchronous cooperation? This is the fact-driven position (criticizing the narrative by pointing to dissonant facts; real concrete things grounded in the real world). The narrative-driven position is "but the elites are creating all that division to benefit them, to keep us under control; it's all an epic plot, a play, a deception". These are connections that could make sense but are less grounded in concrete things. They are more general and more like possibilities than actual facts. What appeals more to you and why?

I am not talking about Jeff Bezos or people like that. I mean stuff like the CIA, MKUltra, Project Stargate, Project Mockingbird, The Gateway Process, The Invention Secrecy Act, and more. The CIA literally invented the term "conspiracy theory". They used that when people questioned how the assassination of JFK happened. All these conspiracies point to the same essence even if they themselves are wrong. Plus one of my veteran friends actually knows how the elites can spy on you using wifi because he was a radio technician for years. I wouldn't be surprised if many of these came out to be true.

[Basman]

Conspiracy theorists have low epistemic standards. It's also a way of explaining away responsibility for one's life, when you think that essentially mythical forces are the one's making you unhappy. People hardcore into conspiracy theories tend to have experienced tragedies in their life I think. 

[Uddi]

24 minutes ago, Basman said:

Conspiracy theorists have low epistemic standards. It's also a way of explaining away responsibility for one's life, when you think that essentially mythical forces are the one's making you unhappy. People hardcore into conspiracy theories tend to have experienced tragedies in their life I think. 

That's not my intention with diving deep into it. I want to truly know how rigged the system is but because I follow manifestation, I know the true power is within me. I'm not too worried about conspiracies as once you raise your vibration enough, you get increased immunity to such negative stuff so you can focus on what actually matters in your life and spiritual journey. I would only dive deep into it if you have a stable mind and accept that the real power is within you. I don't feel powerless, in fact me knowing this stuff reduced my cognitive dissonance because now I understand why the mainstream society doesn't want to shift its paradigm to consciousness first.

[Karmadhi]

I notice a lot of people who are drawn to these theories tend to to not believe in democracy and fundamentally think others are sheep that are controled by forces hiding in the shadows. To me it shows low trust in others, lack of trust in democracy and the idea that evil trumps good.