martedì 28 agosto 2018

Quando credere ai complottisti

Vuoi scoprire le teorie del complotto che hanno qualche possibilità di essere vere? Comincio con le eliminare quelle che hanno testimoni isolate e poi fare lo stesso con le confessioni in punto di morte.

psychological research on self-deception and the literature on the unreliability of witness testimony suggest that our minds can talk us into believing all sorts of things happened that actually didn’t. So witnesses don’t sway me much...

Guarda agli eventi improbabili...

We might instead look for a very improbable series of events and decide there might be a conspiracy behind them. When I read about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the accounts boggle my mind ...

Alcune Teorie del complotto sono eventi banali raccontati in modo particolarmente drammatico avete in mente le musichette inquitanti della gabanelli?

Another set of candidates are claims that a semi-secret group actually is controlling the world, such as the Trilateral Commission was once believed to do. Yet the most plausible versions of these views simply boil down to wealthy, well-connected people having a lot of influence...

Lo sport È un settore dove le manipolazioni sono probabili...

It’s possible that the fixing of major sporting events might still be going on, and perhaps has been going on for a long time. If Volkswagen AG will doctor its emissions software, or Wells Fargo & Co. will create millions of phony accounts for profit, is it so implausible that a few major athletes -- or better yet referees -- throw games or at least influence the point spread, either for money or to neuter mob threats to their families?...





https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-19/aliens-bigfoot-illuminati-do-conspiracy-theories-stand-up