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Old 08-14-2017, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Old 08-14-2017, 05:03 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia Area
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Or they might actually research, something 80-95% of the population is too lazy or doesn't have time to do, and learn facts and information that will not be transmitted in government controlled schools and media.

Could also be that.
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Old 08-14-2017, 05:07 PM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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Or they might actually research, something 80-95% of the population is too lazy or doesn't have time to do, and learn facts and information that will not be transmitted in government controlled schools and media.

Could also be that.
Yeah... it's probably not that.

I think it's just easy to get trapped by pseudo science and "evil government" theory. It make sense to the layman.
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Old 08-14-2017, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Or they might actually research, something 80-95% of the population is too lazy or doesn't have time to do, and learn facts and information that will not be transmitted in government controlled schools and media.

Could also be that.
Not in my experience -they're mostly folk with a collection of dog eared magazines, or a list of "amazing" websites.

I think there are those that put a lot more into research, but I don't think it's true of the average conspiracy theorist.
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Old 08-14-2017, 05:12 PM
 
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Old 08-14-2017, 05:52 PM
 
Location: Madison, WI
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I think that applies to the people who are sort of drawn to conspiracies or are quick to accept them. I wouldn't apply that to people who are skeptical, but open to the idea of conspiracies...there most definitely are some true ones.
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