Why do we love conspiracy theories?

[Tony.Williams]

An article on the Beeb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article ... es_article

[Tinkerbell]

I've always been suspicious of camels.... :y

[chaggle]

So our minds decide that some unseen set of human beings must be doing all these bad things for a specific, nefarious purpose. This is a more comforting, safe notion than ‘it’s just a bunch of random stuff that happens’.

This is the telling line from the article.

Some people use this as a justification for their low station in life - a shadowy force, uncontrolled and unidentifiable and blameable for every misfortune that befalls them.

It absolves them of responsibility for the poor quality of their own lives.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Because THEY want us to love conspiracy theories.

Wake up people!