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People who overestimate their political knowledge are more likely to believe conspiracy theories

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by KingCheetah, Jun 12, 2018.

  1. sirbaihu

    sirbaihu Member

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    Does that mean you're not gonna take me to the junior prom?
     
  2. sirbaihu

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    Listen, your main argument is that you don't know enough. I agree with you.
     
  3. sirbaihu

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    Dammit, I'm gonna learn a lot less without you!
     
  4. Rashmon

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    There has been some investigations and reconstructions of 9/11 that have been competely ignored
    Here's a 9/11 re-enactment that may help your research and give you more evidence.
    [​IMG]

    Get it? She's the plane...
     
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  5. sirbaihu

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    Which ones?
     
  6. Rashmon

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    It's in the post you quoted. You only see what you want to see. She's the plane. The tower fell down. Proof you ignore.
     
  7. Bandwagoner

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    sirbaihu is the new toycen428 except with a shitty attitude and without the comedy.
     
  8. sirbaihu

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    That's all you got.
     
  9. Rashmon

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    I can ridicule you all day but you're doing a good enough job on your own, carry on.

    So, although it will seem like magic or a conspiracy to you, I will now make you disappear. Poof.
     
  10. sirbaihu

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    I see people are unable to actually support their own views on the biggest crime in American history, so they hit the ignore button. Aw! Snowflakes a-melting in this thread :D

    We see: Rashmon offered nothing to support his views, just ridicule. Then ran away!
    B-bob: Nothing to support his views. Ran away! (Talked about Sandy Hook. . . . I didn't. . . .)
    Juan Valdez: not a coward like the first two, just "What do I know?" Respect.
     
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    Kim Kardashian stole the show...again.
     
  12. bongman

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    All you got is, since nobody has seen it, therefore X. That is the black swan or argument from ignorance. Unless you can prove there were really explosives or people who admit t oit, your argument falls flat an you are exactly what this thread is talking about.
     
  13. sirbaihu

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    Actually, you have to prove guilt in America, not innocence.
     
  14. JuanValdez

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    I'm not making an argument. I'm not trying to convince you the 19 named hijackers made that building fall down. I'm testing your argument. The authorities say it was the planes. Osama bin Laden claims credit. If you have a conspiracy theory that's going to say the Illuminati did it, the burden of proof is on you. All you've offered so far is my everyman understanding of physics. Usually, me not knowing enough is a fault of my own; this time, it's a fault of your argument. It's not incumbent on me to understand the engineering of skyscrapers, it's incumbent on you to bring something persuasive if you want anyone to think 9/11 was an inside job. You say people are running away from the argument. What I see is you posturing as too good for this argument. You do, in fact, embody the overconfidence of conspiracists the OP was talking about. Please tell me at least that your day job is an engineer, so you have some plausible expertise to justify dismissing the report of the 9/11 Commission.
     
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    Everyone remember: sirbaihu is another one of our distinguished teachers.
     
  16. sirbaihu

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    Bin Laden claimed credit? That's odd: the FBI never accused him of it.
    https://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/usama-bin-laden_poster.jpg/view

    I never mentioned the illuminati.

    You keep missing the point: when we say 19 guys are guilty of mass murder, we need to prove that. That's how we do it in America. No one has offered one shred of support of the official story so far in this thread. I'm the only one who has offered anything beside scoffing and personal attacks. It is "incumbent on you" as an American to know why you accuse 19 people of murder.

    I'm posturing as being "too good" for what argument? No one has made an argument . . . except that I am ridiculous just because, or "what do I know?" Show me the argument that I am posturing against. No one even made an argument.

    I have no overconfidence. You want to convict 19 guys of mass murder, not me! You are the confident one. Why do you want to accuse these guys of murder? You are the embodiment of the OP article. . . . You say you know nothing, except that 19 guys are guilty of murder, but you don't know why because you are too busy to look into it. Do you even know what the 9/11 Commission said? You brought it up.

    Here: this building fell coz of fire *wink wink*

     
  17. B-Bob

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    That's a good point and a realistic simulation.

    I just had to eject before he started questioning the Moon landings, where 400,000 people and their families (including my parents) conspired to fool most of the planet Earth, including present-day unmanned Moon satellites. ... Well, he may be doing that, but I won't have to see it.
     
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    Note:
    1. B-bob resorts to jokes instead of any argument whatsoever
    2. He couldn't handle a challenge to his world view so he turned his personal censor on. Fingers in ears! La la la la!
    Snowflake=melted!
     
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    The x files spinoff predicted the fall of the towers. Believe.

     
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