Conspiracy Theorist? Not Really

People keep bringing their conspiracy theories to me as if I'm into that sort of thing

I put it down to the fact that we're so unused to asking ourselves certain questions and we feel we don't have permission to float certain ideas. But although I read a lot of books with unconventional thinking, I'm very careful to source my information from credible people. I use the same research techniques you'd use write an essay. And I'm not that smart myself, so I am careful to always reference people far smarter than I am. Leaders in their fields.

Anyway, I've had all kinds of conspiracy theories put to me about this virus from "it's all a hoax" to "it was engineered." Someone today asked me if I thought this virus was deliberately introduced. I'm very careful how I respond to this kind of idea, because I believe it's just as silly to dismiss an idea as untrue without proof than as it is to treat such ideas as true without proof. There's nothing wrong with saying "I don't know."

So I said "I've got no reason to think it is. An epidemic is always a risk. It's bound to happen sooner or later, that's why we have hygiene." But I didn't say it wasn't true either. I mean I think it is highly improbable, but strange, unlikely things do happen.

I said I thought there were enough credible things going on to be worried about without inventing things without proof.

I used the example that I thought our monetary system is like a big pyramid scheme, and that banks and the super rich are perfectly aware of it. You leverage the market with debt that can't possibly be paid in the long run, at some point the bubble bursts, people default on their mortgages and whole swaths of land go to the bank. I told him that's why they want to get rid of cash. They're gearing up for the biggest global depression in human history. They want to get rid of cash so we are forced to accept negative interest rates.

I often tell these people the reason I pay no attention to outlandish conspiracy theories is that there are enough real problems in this world that are just as mind-blowing and serious as any conspiracy theory. I mean in a lot of cases they ARE conspiracies, but only in the sense of a group of people conspiring to their own advantage. I mean that's the corporate world isn't it? A big conspiracy to get as much profit as possible regardless of the consequences.

I've come to accept that while I'm reading books that are critical of various systems as they are that I will always be seen as some dinky conspiracy theorist, especially since I don't work, don't study formally and have a history of drug use. And to be honest I sometimes lean into the image just to watch peoples reaction. But to be honest, most conspiracy theories bore me.



I get a kick out of what I read because a lot of it is like an elaborate conspiracy theory, but it's REAL. I get a kick out of finding out crazy things throughout history, or in the system as it is now that are mind blowing BECAUSE they're real. Like, "I can't believe the world works like this!" or "I can't believe that actually HAPPENED!"

And it really frustrates me to talk about or think about things I know are unknowable. The world is an amazing, bizarre place. The world of provable things is full of strange and interesting facts. Why then waste time on mulling over something you can't really prove one way or another when you could be spending that time understanding the world as it is. It's as exciting as anything you could make up. And who knows? Maybe we can find some solutions along the way.

[I just kind of wrote this on Facebook, then copied and pasted it here. It's not particularly well written. Just a bit of a rant. Please excuse any errors I may have made, I didn't bother editing this one either. Take care guys!]