Comments on: What Impact do conspiracy theories have on society’s understanding of history? http://911truthcampaign.net/conspiracy/what-impact-do-conspiracy-theories-have-on-society%e2%80%99s-understanding-of-history Dedicated to the Memory of Those Lost in the 911 Tragedy Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ted H http://911truthcampaign.net/conspiracy/what-impact-do-conspiracy-theories-have-on-society%e2%80%99s-understanding-of-history/comment-page-1#comment-3080 Ted H Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:14:59 +0000 http://911truthcampaign.net/conspiracy/what-impact-do-conspiracy-theories-have-on-society%e2%80%99s-understanding-of-history#comment-3080 Conspiracy theories demonstrate an innate distrust for any authority figure… to the point of automatically assuming that anything said by an authority figure is innately false or misleading (regardless of whether or not the figure in question has anything to gain by misleading the public). Conspiracy theories mislead our children, endanger our health, and create hostile divisions where there should be none… and they will defend their absurd positions with a ferocious certainty that is completely unwarranted by evidence. http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2009/08/03/conspiracy-theories-and-other-muddled-thinking/<br><b>References : </b><br> Conspiracy theories demonstrate an innate distrust for any authority figure… to the point of automatically assuming that anything said by an authority figure is innately false or misleading (regardless of whether or not the figure in question has anything to gain by misleading the public).

Conspiracy theories mislead our children, endanger our health, and create hostile divisions where there should be none… and they will defend their absurd positions with a ferocious certainty that is completely unwarranted by evidence.
http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2009/08/03/conspiracy-theories-and-other-muddled-thinking/
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