I've been wondering recently: Is belief a choice? And, if it's not, have I been wrong to make fun of people for believing conspiracy theories? Does it matter how obviously ridiculous some of these ideas are to me?
Simulation Theory---more appropriately called Simulation Hypothesis---is the idea that the world as we know it is entirely simulated. It's all happening in a computer. We ourselves are nothing more than ones and zeros. While…
In a recent post about conspiracy theories, I mentioned that flat Earth is my favorite ridiculous belief of all---arguably, the king of all conspiracy theories. This is the one you graduate to when you've…
"Conspiracy theories"---beliefs that the unknown, unidentifiable "THEY" are scheming to hide the "truth" about a nefarious plot against the unenlightened masses---are not a new thing. As a child in the '70s and '80s, I…