Pros And Cons Of Conspiracy Theories
As the age of technology continues to link up similar minded people in new and more efficient ways, conspiracy theories are able to spread like they had not been able to before. Which brings up the question—are they worth exploring? Whenever major life altering events have occurred throughout history, conspiracy theories have not been far behind. Whether someone believes the extreme, such as the Holocaust never happening, or the the more realistic, like cover up of the John F. Kennedy assassination, they have been led astray from the truth—or have they? Is there any way to figure out what is true and what is not? Some say it should not demand your time and energy. If this is the case, then what would be the point of looking into it?
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And conspiracies, unlike many of the monsters within our nightmares and fairy tales, do exist sometimes, so we won't always be wrong to fear them. As long as human beings are around, so will paranoia, particularly political paranoia. People have a tendency for not only discovering patterns amongst chaos but for structuring stories to make sense of those events, principally the ones that frighten us. And a conspiracy theory is particularly appealing because it imagines that there is something, an intelligence, behind the pattern. However, conspiracy theories, such as that the United States government faked the moon landing, evoke such fascination that they can lead to the exploration of new and old information. As a result of curiosity generated by conspiracy theories, each new generation of students may discuss and debate the supposed secret film set and the ripples of the flag from the moon landing, and thus encouraging learning about our history. By provoking an enduring public fascination with John F. Kennedy, conspiracy theorists have also helped create a fascination for the extraordinary political history of the Vietnam, Civil Rights movement, and Cuban missile crisis that made up the 1960’s. The curiosity of not knowing has led people that may have not been interested otherwise, to learn about America's colorful
Conspiracy …show more content…
And conspiracies, unlike many of the monsters within our nightmares and fairy tales, do exist sometimes, so we won't always be wrong to fear them. As long as human beings are around, so will paranoia, particularly political paranoia. People have a tendency for not only discovering patterns amongst chaos but for structuring stories to make sense of those events, principally the ones that frighten us. And a conspiracy theory is particularly appealing because it imagines that there is something, an intelligence, behind the pattern. However, conspiracy theories, such as that the United States government faked the moon landing, evoke such fascination that they can lead to the exploration of new and old information. As a result of curiosity generated by conspiracy theories, each new generation of students may discuss and debate the supposed secret film set and the ripples of the flag from the moon landing, and thus encouraging learning about our history. By provoking an enduring public fascination with John F. Kennedy, conspiracy theorists have also helped create a fascination for the extraordinary political history of the Vietnam, Civil Rights movement, and Cuban missile crisis that made up the 1960’s. The curiosity of not knowing has led people that may have not been interested otherwise, to learn about America's colorful