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[–] Cyanity@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Replace:

X - Earth is round Y - Earth is flat

and read again. Some Y people probably started existing this way, because other Y people didn't reject them even though Y makes no sense and wasn't proven.

... but idk i could be wrong

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most conspiracy theories really have little to do with the belief itself, the people that get sucked in are often just lonely and looking for a purpose.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I also believe that a lot of conspiracy theories were started as jokes, with a core group of reasonably smart people LARPing a ridiculous position. What I wonder about is how many of those people LARPed so long and hard that they came to believe their own BS.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 months ago

More likely, a bunch of people joined who didn't understand it was a joke (fairly common online)