http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/falsifiability-disinformation/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:14:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/falsifiability-disinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-4290 alistair Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:07:31 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/the-conspira-tific-method/#comment-4290 the act of entertaining ideas that aren`t proven and you don`t necessarily even agree with allows you to test the view of the person or group holding he idea and learning about those who hold those views. it`s a method i employ with my clients that is critical to understanding thier world view. otherwise i would have to try to make then fit mine. doctors and (some) educators use drugs for that. personally, i think conspiracy theorists tend to be looking for excuses more than anything else. the act of entertaining ideas that aren`t proven and you don`t necessarily even agree with allows you to test the view of the person or group holding he idea and learning about those who hold those views. it`s a method i employ with my clients that is critical to understanding thier world view. otherwise i would have to try to make then fit mine. doctors and (some) educators use drugs for that.
personally, i think conspiracy theorists tend to be looking for excuses more than anything else.

]]> http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/falsifiability-disinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-4173 Occult Investigator Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:08:14 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/the-conspira-tific-method/#comment-4173 See, I don't believe it, but I enjoy the lunar landing conspiracy. And the thing I get from it, like most conspiracy theories, is getting myself to a point where I <em>could</em> believe it, and then backing off. Being able to do that again and again is somehow useful or therapeutic or something... See, I don’t believe it, but I enjoy the lunar landing conspiracy. And the thing I get from it, like most conspiracy theories, is getting myself to a point where I could believe it, and then backing off. Being able to do that again and again is somehow useful or therapeutic or something…

]]> http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/falsifiability-disinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 james Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:01:16 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/the-conspira-tific-method/#comment-4171 In the case of the Lunar Landing conspiracy, the argument is that we faked the landing. The counterargument-- that we DID land there -- is supported by science and physics, specifically concerning the conditions of the moon's surface that defy earthly physics. The counterargument is neither disinformation nor a fluke, and it is one of the few conspiracy theories that I have to laugh at directly and seriously question the intelligence of anyone who believes in it. In the case of the Lunar Landing conspiracy, the argument is that we faked the landing. The counterargument– that we DID land there — is supported by science and physics, specifically concerning the conditions of the moon’s surface that defy earthly physics. The counterargument is neither disinformation nor a fluke, and it is one of the few conspiracy theories that I have to laugh at directly and seriously question the intelligence of anyone who believes in it.

]]> http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/falsifiability-disinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 jon pratt Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:31:49 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/28/the-conspira-tific-method/#comment-4145 You are gonna love<a href="http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/newmedia/lecturenotes/EMMA/AT.htm" rel="nofollow"> this</a> You are gonna love this

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