Why do people Love Conspiracy Theory, Part 2.

Here's a wonderful read about conspiracy, h/t to Michelle Malkin who titles her link "It's all Leonard Nimoy's fault."

I recommend everyone read the post at Eject, Eject, Eject. I'm looking forward to the promised post about Global Warming.

Bill Whittle talks about the emotional need people have to believe. I've said similar things.

He rags on conspiracy in entertainment quite a bit, and I suppose he's got a point. And a good point about Leonard Nimoy (or the show he hosted, at any rate). Didn't Commander Riker do a similar show? All the ghost and paranormal and whatnot shows really do teach us not to think critically. In fact, they are the one sure fire "content censorship" in this house. Sex or violence don't come close.

On the other hand, stuff like the X-files is fun.

Still, I have to admit that the *reason* I believe shows like the X-files are so popular is because they tickle the exact same parts of our brains as conspiracy theory.

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Some times some people.

It's Not Projection

Take the case of "fascism". When you can see clear as day that the person who is accusing you of fascism is a fascist, they aren't projecting. They're talking about something ELSE. Basically, in the case of fascism, the basic set of fascist government controls are the default assumption of reality for a whole lot of people. The government is supposed to control every part of your life. The government is supposed to make you moral and good and reflect "justice". The government is supposed to do this by picking winners from the good people and losers from the bad people. The government is supposed to control the way people do business, how businesses (and farmers) function and what they produce. And people should be made to cooperate with this control because they are part of society and society is dependent on everyone being in compliance. This is simply the Truth. It's how the world works and how the world is supposed to work. The Socialist Nationalism,

What You Know That Isn't So

The saying goes like this, It's not what you *don't* know that is going to trip you up, it's what you know that isn't so. I believe that the first lady might possibly have been feigning helplessness, just a little bit. She already had concept art and visuals, so I think she'll be okay. But someone might truly be so new that they know nothing about science fiction as a genre or how it works in the world. That person, the truly "new" person, might not realize that the second lady, no matter how assured she seems to be that she's passing on vital Wisdom, is wrong. So lets unwrap her backpack a little (to steal a metaphor). Stories about space pirates are Space Opera, generally. "Soft" science in science fiction usually refers to sociology or psychology, social "science". A story about space pirates might be "soft". But that's picking nits. The first big boo-boo is this: "not as popular *because* it is women

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