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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1876264" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>The problem is not that conspiracies can't exist - they can and sometimes do - the problem is that conspiracy theorists tend to hold that lots of conspiracies are being executed simultaneously. Due a dearth of real evidence (versus mere conclusions/assumptions made on partial evidence) I can only conclude that while some CTs may be correct the big problem is separating the wheat from the chaff among them.</p><p></p><p>You know, if a person I trusted and knew to be level-headed and knowledgable came to me with a concern and with significant eveidence I would at least allow that something might be going on. But many CT-ers seem very willing to give credence to any/every theory on very flimsy and sometimes virtually non-existant evidence so the credibility of the person(s) raising the suspicions does factor in as well.</p><p></p><p>Bottom Line is that while I do not rule out the possibility of certain CTs, they simply generally lack compelling evidence, to someone who isn't already convinced of the Theory in advance, and to be held mostly by people who hold lots of other theories - thus they appear not evidence driven but ideologically driven.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1876264, member: 18914"] The problem is not that conspiracies can't exist - they can and sometimes do - the problem is that conspiracy theorists tend to hold that lots of conspiracies are being executed simultaneously. Due a dearth of real evidence (versus mere conclusions/assumptions made on partial evidence) I can only conclude that while some CTs may be correct the big problem is separating the wheat from the chaff among them. You know, if a person I trusted and knew to be level-headed and knowledgable came to me with a concern and with significant eveidence I would at least allow that something might be going on. But many CT-ers seem very willing to give credence to any/every theory on very flimsy and sometimes virtually non-existant evidence so the credibility of the person(s) raising the suspicions does factor in as well. Bottom Line is that while I do not rule out the possibility of certain CTs, they simply generally lack compelling evidence, to someone who isn't already convinced of the Theory in advance, and to be held mostly by people who hold lots of other theories - thus they appear not evidence driven but ideologically driven. [/QUOTE]
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