Skeptic Project

Discuss.

Who the fuck drops out of art school? Give me a break.

I've noticed a distinct correlation between the inability to accept personal responsibility and conspiracy theorists. Namely, needing an external enemy to blame for their own failures in life or their lack of desire to try and better their situation.

@Matt sounds like your talking about VTV in particular.

My CT room mate admitted that he doesn't know anything about history, but believes in CTs because "they have to do with corruption" and that's fascinating somehow. Well, I'd agree if there were any truth to any of them.

I told him I didn't believe Pearl Harbor was false flag and he said back to me; "I wouldn't be surprised, read Operation Northwoods!"

Oh, the Operation Northwoods that wasn't even thought of until 20 years after Pearl Harbor? Yeah...

So, I agree. You're more prone to believe CTs if you don't know jack shit about what you're talking about.

Where do you get that connection, Matt?

@Omni-Science here you go I copy a sideways angle picture of VTV to see his true girth. He's about 6,2' so I take it the guy has to weigh around 350 pounds or more judging from the picture.

Fun fact VTV is the fattest person in the picture here as well as VTV is the fattest administrator/moderator in the Zeitgeist Movement.

Because you get to dress outside like how your mind is inside.

My CT room mate who lives on the taxpayer dime also believes in paganistic, Harry Potter bullshit, too. Not to mention also goes to just about every Renaissance Fair he can.

Since so many CT's place emphasis on things that are out of the CT'ers control... I would say it's definitely a possibility.

I've told everyone before, but he was vague with his income situation before he moved in.

When I was presenting my paper at a conference last month, the discussion ogt on the topic of correlations between feelings of helplessness and loss of control in ones own life and beliefs in the paranormal (my own paper was about paranormal beliefs among Americans over the past 30 years). What was interesting was that an author of another paper there had touched on a strong correlation between people who feel as though they have no personal control over their lives and those who are likely to believe in paranormal phenomena (UFOs ESP, Clairvoyance, ghosts, etc). This may suggest that a similar correlation exists strongly for these same attributes and belief in conspiracies. As of now, most research in public opinion have focused on the very rudimentary statistical analysis of how widespread Conspiracy Theories are, but not on who is most likely to believe in them. The research firm I work at has actually floated a proposal to take up the study, and I think it may be really fascinating.

Also, here is a paper that shows a similar trend between beliefs in the superstitious and those feeling as though the locus of control is outside of them:

www.uwlax.edu/urc/jur-online/PDF/2004/stanke.pdf

@Snob Goblin that's why you got to make those people fill out a application like their applying for a job before they move in with you and as well as you can do background checks to see if that have a criminal record/credit history and what not.

@Kaiser Falkner Sounds interesting. If they feel they have zero personal control over their lives and therefore are more likely to believe in believing the paranormal then I'd want to see how much income this individual is making. I would guess they are not bringing home the bacon at all. Another factor would be to see if their married, single, divorced or whatever. Of course paranormal activity and CT activity are different and I could guess that the reason people who feel powerless yet believe in the paranormal is because they want to see something that doesn't "follow the rules" because it somehow gives them hope. Trying to correlate that mindset over to a conspiracy theorist who believe in such things as the 9/11 building did not fall by air planes but fell do to lazer beams in outer-space or Realienes are in the white house is a different mindset but would be interesting to see a correlation in somehow.

@Snob Goblin

Run little wires through your roommates room, hide blinking devices all over your apartment, and invite strangers dressed in suits to come by your place from time to time and just sit outside so that when they see him walk in they hold their fingers up to their ears and act like they are radioing someone.