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What's the prevelance of conspiracy theories? About half of Americans claim creationism explains the existance of man; only about 20% say humans evolved without God. 50% of Americans think there was a wider conspiracy behind the assassination of JFK. About 35% of Americans think that global warming is a hoax. What you're doing is probably the conjunction fallacy. You see people with odd beliefs. You then have a choic…
Interesting choices: > half of Americans claim creationism explains the existance of man This is a fantastic explanation, it just doesn't originate from science. > 50% of Americans think there was a wider conspiracy behind the assassination of JFK. This is a perfectly logical thing to believe even in the absence of evidence. It's reasonable for any assassination of a prominent figure. > 35% of Americans think that gl…
Even the creationist theory - we have to admit that the story of a bearded man putting dinosaur bones in the ground is pretty silly. But who knows if 65% realy believe that - maybe the majority of those believes in an alternate creationist theory which basically boils down to the universe having an inherent intelligence and an inherent purpose. Which is something that I personally do believe and which people who believe in the "random co-incidence" universe will at least discuss.
Either way the only thing that can be said with absolute certainty of any belief is that it will turn out to be false.