The average American thinks that education and critical thinking are devious plots from satan, and that reflexive distrust of any non-religious statement is virtuous. Religious statements are, of couse, exempt from any and all criticism of contradiction, and they will fucking cut you if you disagree.
Leaving aside my late-night bitterness, there's actually a theory that I can't find in a basic googling right now that belief in one crackpot conspiracy theory strongly indicates that you will believe in more of them. I read an article on it recently and now I can't find it.
Makes sense. I've heard that the brains of religious believers have more active (I would say "over-active") pattern recognition going on than the brains of non-religious folk. That same propensity for seeing patterns where there are none would be equally well-suited for most any conspiracy theory. And if your brain really is wired that way, it would be harder to explain why it only affected one of your beliefs.
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Date: 2014-02-01 08:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-02-01 11:28 am (UTC)Now tinfoil hat conspiranoids are claiming that the snow in Atlanta is fake, plastic snow, possibly chemtrailed.
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Date: 2014-02-01 05:45 pm (UTC)Exactly like the woman who sprayed a garden hose into the air in bright sunlight, saw a rainbow, and concluded POLLUTANTS OMG MAH WATER IS TAIIIINTED
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Date: 2014-02-01 06:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-02-02 05:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-02-02 07:02 am (UTC)Speaking of religion, a bunch of former child stars agree that Kirk Cameron is an idiot.
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Date: 2014-02-02 01:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-02-02 06:22 pm (UTC)And yes, I've noticed certain kind of lumping when it comes to tinfoilery...
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Date: 2014-02-02 06:59 pm (UTC)