You're assuming that ALL people who think that there are possibly conspiracies afoot are somehow not quite normal. Isn't it possible that some simply have done some pretty adequate research or have real insight into the political climate that would spawn something like a false flag attack?
----- Original Message ---- From: Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:16:41 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 911 into the fray again I go (of the assailing on FFL) On Jan 17, 2008, at 5:02 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: I favor the psychological theory that people fall for conspiracy theories because of a human tendency to try to link major events with major causes. People cannot accept that a few terrorists could cause such a disaster of such proportion in the United States. It would be more interesting, for me anyways, to hear some of the psychological bases for these phenomenon. For me, it seemed more 1) a lack of common sense or sometimes people who are very naturally imaginative or afraid 2) people without an innate understanding of basic engineering tenets or physics--no different than say a person who might lack artistic ability or mechanical ability. 3) fricking paranoid people, some whom because of their lack of social skills cannot grok what happens at "higher" levels of society, so they fear it, as if there were naturally this cabal "out there". But "fear" of the unknown seems central. It would be interesting to hear Dr. Pete comment on this because I feel there's something I'm missing in terms of "the conspiracy theorist personality profile". Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
