One thing I'd like to see is a "Trash pile" discussion where we throw out conspiracies that are red herrings or disinformation campaigns.
Discuss how to identify fake conspiracies and ways to logically reject the compelling stories or tricky questions that are ultimately a waste of time.
People who entertain conspiracies are very susceptible to nerd sniping and our research time is valuable - helping filter out disinfo can go a long way to keeping this community focused and productive.
You're saying this would be to reject theories, fake and trash info.
I'm pretty sure OP is focused more on discussing what you might deem to be a "conspiracy theory", not throwing them out because they don't fit your reality bubble.
So would you say "it's a conspiracy theory" and want to throw it out as trash, if there were hundreds of credentialed people that came forward to give their testimony in a public way about one topic -- something happening behind the scenes that mainstream media ignores?
Easy there, man. I'm not talking about killing off controversial topics. I'm just talking about skills that would be useful to someone as they investigate conspiracies.
If you can't identify a fake conspiracy, then everything will look like one.
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Amadameus ago
I'd be all for it.
One thing I'd like to see is a "Trash pile" discussion where we throw out conspiracies that are red herrings or disinformation campaigns.
Discuss how to identify fake conspiracies and ways to logically reject the compelling stories or tricky questions that are ultimately a waste of time.
People who entertain conspiracies are very susceptible to nerd sniping and our research time is valuable - helping filter out disinfo can go a long way to keeping this community focused and productive.
abc_xyz ago
You're saying this would be to reject theories, fake and trash info.
I'm pretty sure OP is focused more on discussing what you might deem to be a "conspiracy theory", not throwing them out because they don't fit your reality bubble.
So would you say "it's a conspiracy theory" and want to throw it out as trash, if there were hundreds of credentialed people that came forward to give their testimony in a public way about one topic -- something happening behind the scenes that mainstream media ignores?
Amadameus ago
Easy there, man. I'm not talking about killing off controversial topics. I'm just talking about skills that would be useful to someone as they investigate conspiracies.
If you can't identify a fake conspiracy, then everything will look like one.