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  • Zoidsberg@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    The History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn’t always equal true.

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      1 year ago

      In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”

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        1 year ago

        If you’re taken in by conspiracy theories, it’s not because the information is compelling-but-unseen, but rather because you want to believe that

        A) information that confirms your biases is true

        B) you are privy to knowledge others don’t have.

        These two things reinforce one another.