Most of us love a good conspiracy theory now and again, and it's best when they just cannot be disproven with the facts available. Why do we like these so much, well, perhaps for the same reason people like detective movies or mystery novels, it makes us think, trying to put the clues together. Life is full of uncertainty, and yet, it is the nature of things and what makes the life experience so intriguing. Let's talk shall we?
Not long ago, I watched a conspiracy theory video titled; "20 Dark Predictions for 2013-15: Global Debt Collapse, 2nd Amendment, WW3 Iran & False Flags," and after watching that, I just laughed and told my acquaintance; "These spectacular conspiracy theories are just wonderful muses for all us Science Fiction writers - what would I do without all this blather?" But of course, my conspiracy theory connoisseur didn't want to give up those insane predictions very easily and stated;
"Name one 'spectacular conspiracy theory' that was mentioned, and DEBUNK it, or shut the hell up."
Well, what I think is funny is that these lists appear every year and then when that time period passes they extend the date a few more years, now we are up to not 2013 but 2013-2015. And again in 2015 the world will still be here and not much will have changed, a little more sound and fury for the mindless masses I suppose, something to sell books, newspapers and feed the late night talk show crowd. Hey I am all for it, as a Sci Fi writer, I say bring it on. But you know - reality has its place too right?
I asked my acquaintance if he'd like to debate these conspiracies each individually, and I told him "I'm game - studied up and understand the value in plausible deniability - fun stuff," and then I joked; "you know Chimpanzees and humans can interbreed right - same species - it's just that some of us higher order folks don't fall for the old banana trickery."
As you can see we were ready to get into an action packed dialogue on the latest and greatest conspiracies. What is it about the human mind that causes us to seek to find an understanding of our surroundings, to try to make sense of our world, to put away uncertainty or remove questions of things which seem to defy logic? Could it be that our love of conspiracy theories is simply part of who we are and how we think? Please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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