The rise of Flat-Earthers and how conspiracy theories have changed
THE RISE OF THE FLAT-EARTHERS Conspiracy theory is derived from teleological thinking, here every event has a purpose. Like, why does it rain? Does it rain because of the evaporation of liquid water followed by condensation, or because habitation requires water for survival? The former is the reason for rainfall and the later is the purpose of rainfall. Conspiracy theories first look at the conclusion, then carefully choose or cherry-pick evidence to fit the purpose of the event. These theories didn’t boom up recently, we had 9/11 conspiracy, assassination of JFK (1963), the fake moon landing (1969) and so on. 9/11 conspiracy claimed that the Bush administration attacked the twin towers just to go bazooka on terrorism (that they helped to build) and drive up their military spending. The conspiracy related to the assassination of JFK claimed that JFK, who averted nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis, didn’t want to go to war with Vietnam which was opposed by generals. Moon l...