New York Times Disinfo Machine: Conspiracy Theorists have Low Self Worth | |
Morris User ID: 19066355 United States 05/23/2013 09:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the ny times hasn't been relevant for well over a decade now just another worthless scripted news outlet that nobody pays any attention to the times ruled a long time ago keeping in check the Gullahbaby Generation oh look look its a gullahbaby oh it doesnt get it oh |
Gnosis 2020 (OP) User ID: 34171379 United States 05/23/2013 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | snip (bolding is mine) Consider this: 63 percent of registered American voters believe in at least one political conspiracy theory, according to a recent poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University. While psychologists can’t know exactly what goes on inside our heads, they have, through surveys and laboratory studies, come up with a set of traits that correlate well with conspiracy belief. In 2010, Swami and a co-author summarized this research in The Psychologist, a scientific journal. They found, perhaps surprisingly, that believers are more likely to be cynical about the world in general and politics in particular. Conspiracy theories also seem to be more compelling to those with low self-worth, especially with regard to their sense of agency in the world at large. Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness. When everyone looks left, look right. Keep your eyes and your mind open... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40344936 Germany 05/23/2013 10:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.nytimes.com] Quoting: Gnosis 2020 These guys are reaching! Too bad Critical Thinking isn't in the mix for a NYT reader's brain. THIS^^ Believers in msm lies have a low IQ. It doesn't surprise that they didn't mention this fact... |
Gnosis 2020 (OP) User ID: 34171379 United States 05/23/2013 10:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This article hits many hot-topics: 9/11 AIDS vaccines Princes Di Climate Change I wonder if this is an Orwellian acknowledgement that the conspiracy "theories" for these are actually true? When everyone looks left, look right. Keep your eyes and your mind open... |
Gnosis 2020 (OP) User ID: 34171379 United States 05/23/2013 10:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh wait, NYT has an answer for that too: the Internet and other media have helped perpetuate paranoia. Not only does more exposure to these alternative narratives help engender belief in conspiracies, he says, but the Internet’s tendency toward tribalism helps reinforce misguided beliefs. When everyone looks left, look right. Keep your eyes and your mind open... |
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Gnosis 2020 (OP) User ID: 34171379 United States 05/23/2013 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | low self worth is perfect prtocol: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40344553 first rule of engagement, leave nothing for the gooks and the spooks Absolutely! Look at what the US Government has done with the very few reporters who actually took it upon themselves to be journalists. First, they smeared them through various venues (including NYT of course) in an attempt to discredit the reporting. Next, while performing the First step, they were illegally investigating the journalists And, whilst doing all that the government was using their brown-shirt arm, The IRS, to force the journalists into submission. Be careful out there GLP'ers! When everyone looks left, look right. Keep your eyes and your mind open... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 38940141 United States 05/23/2013 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree with that! How many times have you heard someone complain about their feelings hurt or the board should change to be a nice more friendly place? Why would posters become what they complain about and ban people from their threads because of something said they don't like? If their self worth were high these types of things wouldn't bother them. There's another board that put a ban on certain verbiage, if people had a high self worth why would words bother them? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 40371826 United States 05/23/2013 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree with that! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 38940141 How many times have you heard someone complain about their feelings hurt or the board should change to be a nice more friendly place? Why would posters become what they complain about and ban people from their threads because of something said they don't like? If their self worth were high these types of things wouldn't bother them. There's another board that put a ban on certain verbiage, if people had a high self worth why would words bother them? This goes double for some of the mods here!! |