It’s those other conspiracy theorists who are silly and gullible.
Why oh why did I just read all 7 pages of this drivel?
Did I expect a sane coherent set of answers from Koz? No
It’s the same stinking pile of s*** as the pit thread.
Why do I do this to myself?
Capt
Today I slept in, did some errands, read The New York Times, I am currently replying to your request, and I will be going to work - and I will be at work for the rest of the day. No riddles. Just things that I’m doing today. That makes sense to me.
I don’t trust The New York Times, I just read The New York Times every day. Does that make sense to you?
Kozmic, whom do you trust?
It makes sense, but it sounds like you’re wasting an hour a day. And it’s very hard to reconcile this attitude with the things you’ve said about the newspaper in this thread and your other threads. For example:
If you believe the New York Times is run by some sort of world dominating conspiracy, disavowing your belief in another conspiracy theory based on the New York Times is absurd. Reading the paper at all sounds mostly pointless.
Which makes it sound like the Times is at least somewhat trustworthy. If it’s run by the evil conspiracy, it shouldn’t be.
In response to the question “WHY DO YOU FIND THE NEW YORK TIMES TO BE TRUSTWORTHY?” - note that the words “it isn’t” don’t appear:
No sense at all.
All the questions Marley has asked regarding your fixation with the NYT.
And questions others have asked you - it appears you simply ignore questions for which you don’t have pat answers?
I know you said in your OP (paraphrasing) that you didn’t appreciate automatic ridicule. Pretty much everyone has respected this. You’ve ignored many thoughtful and respectful questions, or given weird and cryptic answers. Do you expect people to trust you, at this point? Why? You’ve certainly given little evidence that you are trustworthy, apart from a few wiki links and your own terse commentary.
And to reiterate, from Muffin:
For real here: I’d love to buy into a conspiracy theory or two. But in all these pages, you’ve yet to link to anything remotely credible. Seriously, is this the best you’ve got? Because so whatever you’ve got is really fucking weak.
My reading is that he just won’t acknowledge contradictory information regarding the conspiracy, his reasoning, or his search for evidence. The Conspiracy Theorist view is comfortable for him and makes the world make sense for him, so whenever anyone points out that all of this is totally irrational, he starts posting bullshit - half-sentences, non sequiturs, “ah, but it could be!” and other nonsense of that type - so he can change the subject. He doesn’t want to admit that his reasoning doesn’t stand up to any kind of scrutiny. He likes finding clues to the Conspiracy and discovering what’s really going on. That’s pretty much all that matters. I don’t think this is the behavior of a healthy person.
Well, yes, yes and yes.
And the bolded part - this. It’s about trying to make sense of a complex world. A security blankie, as it were. When in doubt, wig out!
Seriously there is a part of my brain that thinks it would be loads of fun being a conspiracy theorist. I think I really get the attraction.
Butb then the analytical part of my brain kicks in…perhaps, for some people, there is no analytical process?
I know it’s been a while, I just wanted to say,
“RUN! HE’S GOT HURRICANE BULLETS!”
No.
No.
Instead of actively looking for a reason for there not being a conspiracy, passively look for a reason for there being a conspiracy.
I supervise a group of workers. I have 40 hour work weeks. I’ve been with the company for four years.
Everyone to a greater or lesser degree.
I work 7 hours today. I will read The New York Times for approximately 1 hour. It feels like I’m wasting 8 hours. YMMV
It’s not absurd because if The New York Times had the aforementioned front page article on how Al Qaeda had evidence that the plans for 9/11 would succeed, it would be in the following news cycles, people in general and conspiracy theorists in particular would crutinize the evidence, and either the evidence would hold up or not, or, the evidence would be supported.
9/11 is a big part of the “world dominating conspiracy”. Under what conditions would most conspiracy theorists disavow 9/11 conspiracy theory and conspiracy theory in general? Front page article on how Al Qaeda had evidence that the plans for 9/11 would succeed. The smoking gun.
Yes. Because I am using reliable sources - Wikipedia, NYT, SDMB.
What else do you want? A character reference?
Kozmik, for what it’s worth, I get you, I understand what you feel and why you feel it, and I feel sorry for you.
Kozmic, what is the best thing a person can do to find and become part of a cult?
Kozmic, what is the best thing in life?
Here’s another one:
Today:
Yesterday:
[QUOTE=Kozmik]
I supervise a group of workers. I have 40 hour work weeks. I’ve been with the company for four years.
I work 7 hours today. I will read The New York Times for approximately 1 hour. It feels like I’m wasting 8 hours. YMMV
[/QUOTE]
He’s Dilbert’s pointy haired boss!
Now it all makes sense.
To crush your enemies
To see them driven before you
To hear the lamentations of their Women
Capt
As I’ve complained elsewhere, Kozmik’s is the laziest conspiracy “theory” I’ve ever encountered. No effort whatsoever at internal consistency, or even consistency from moment to moment. Even by the standards of CTs, there’s nothing to admire. It’s complete nonsense because he hasn’t put any thought into it other than wow-wouldn’t-it-be-freaky-if. His would be the loneliest booth at ConspiracyCon.
Start your own one!
The best thing in life is each and every day and the best thing in a day is what is spontaneous, i.e. not work, not reading The New York Times.
Putting them together: I don’t trust reliable sources.
Kozmik’s CT:
The Roswell UFO incident goes deeper than a single conspiracy in relatively recent times. Roswell leads to the implausible conclusion: Reptilians. There are 192 heads of government in the world. My hypothesis is that the G-192 summit, if it were to occur, would indicate that there is an Illuminati that is behind the heads of government. I believe that the Illuminati was behind the events of September 11, 2001. I believe that the Illuminati was behind both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. I think that my beliefs might be understood after watching or rewatching The Matrix. I believe we - those who have died, those who are living, and those yet to be born - are being lied to. I believe the truth can be known.
Uh huh. What do you think reliable means?
Kozmic, do you trust unreliable sources?