Conspiracy Theories
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What Is the Difference Between a Conspiracy Theory and Just Reasonable Skepticism?
A conspiracy theory is usually defined as a secret plot by powerful people who are working in secret to achieve some kind of sinister goal. It's ok to be sceptical, you can't accept all the information that you get all the time. But with conspiracy theories, it tends to be information layers and layers added on all the time,. Little bits peeled away, but constantly more layers being added. Soit, it's gone ond healthy scepticism, and it's become something a little less rational. There are society's motto is a nullius in verba, which is on nobody's word. Which means that scepticism is obviously mental part of science.
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