Conspiracy theories are just that, theories. They are
hypothetical ideas of what happened during an event. But why do we have
these theories? Especially as these theories generally fly in the face of
what actually occurred. Let us discuss.
It’s about psychology: Conspiracy theories developed
because of people thinking that there is no way something so big can happen
from something so simple. Look at 9/11. People doubted that the
World Trade Center could have collapsed the way it did because of how similar
it was to how we demolish buildings with explosives. As such, radical
ideas of our own government causing the horrible incident came about with
people not believing that some terrorist organization could accomplish
something of that scale.
Let us look at it another way. Can
you have James Bond go against a small time villain? No, you need Dr. No,
and other supervillains. People apparently want equivalency in the
storytelling which results in these theories that do not have evidence to back
them up. We want the good guys to take down bad guys of equal stature.
As such the psychology of equivalency generates these fanciful, and
foolish theories.
Conclusion: People like to tell stories.
For most of the history of mankind, history was not recounted with the
written word but verbal storytelling. As such, it is ingrained in our
very culture to tell stories which may be embellished from time to time to
provide a source of entertainment to ourselves and others. Conspiracy
theories are the same thing, just using our desires to keep the story
interesting and entertaining when the truth is so dismal, or sad.
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