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By: Are Conspiracy Theories valid or …well a conspiracy themselves? | Tomasz Gorecki | Debt In Your 20's Is The Kiss of Death

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:57:30 +0000

[...] new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I was reading this article They did it, we did it, I did it and it inspired me to write this post plus I have been sucked into conspiracy theories myself and [...]

By: Favorite Finds Of The Week | Serene Journey

Favorite Finds Of The Week | Serene Journey — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:06:16 +0000

[...] They did, we did … I did – Quantum Learning Conspiracy theories seem to be quite popular these days – ranging across the spectrum from religion, politics through to historical events. If this interests you (and you have 2 hours to spare!) then the film ‘Zeitgeist’ might appeal (see the end of this article for the embedded video). [...]

By: Bunnygotblog

Bunnygotblog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:31:09 +0000

Hi Ian,

I feel the same. As my country celebrates it’s birthday of Independence this weekend, I feel very patriotic to an extent and also wonder if we have actually followed the intentions of our forefathers had when fighting for this country.
We all want peace and love around the world but greed and power has stepped in.
I liked the video very much.

By: Mr. Nuggets

Mr. Nuggets — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:48:56 +0000

I so don’t want to agree. How could I, little ol’ me, out billions of people, take that responsibility on?

I must, however. Until we all do, nothing on the macro level will significantly change, imho. At least we can change our little world and hope it begins an infection of a good kind.

Thank you for this post!

By: Vi | Maximizing Utility

Vi | Maximizing Utility — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:38:39 +0000

I think that this is particularly important in today’s down economy. Everyone wants someone to blame. Wall Street businessmen who were too greedy. Homeowners who bought more than they could afford. Government for not overseeing. Everyone wants to say that it’s not my fault. But it is. It’s everyone’s fault. And maybe it’s no one’s fault. But it’s all of our responsibilities to fix it.

By: Jay Schryer

Jay Schryer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:16:37 +0000

Personally, I love conspiracy theories. Not because I think they might be real, but just because they show how easily people can be deceived, and how people believe the things they want to believe, and disregard the rest. I also like how different people can all look at the same “facts”, and come away with completely different, sometimes even contradictory, conclusions. In short, conspiracy theories show us a huge part of human nature.

Now, I have to go. THEY are watchinbg me! They’re everywhere!!

By: Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment

Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:47:05 +0000

I’ve always found the psychology of conspiracy theories to be interesting. The people who buy into them are usually headstrong about what they believe, and look down upon the “unenlightened”.

I do think that being the victim is counter productive to personal development and acknowledging conspiracy theories turns you into the ultimate victim… one who is helpless to change the things that makes you unhappy. As a matter of fact, many conspiracy theorists don’t want to do much about it except complain about it and infect other people with their negativity.

I’m not claiming to know what’s true or not, but if certain groups are trying to take over the world or enslave me, then they are doing a really lousy job of getting it done. Look how quickly Hitler rose to power, yet it takes the subject of conspiracy theories decades or even centuries to enact their master plan?

By: Chania Girl

Chania Girl — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:20:59 +0000

Thank you for sharing this post today, Ian. I saw Zeitgeist about a year ago and while I didn’t cotton to the religion portion at the beginning, my fiance and I found the latter two sections pretty interesting.

What I enjoyed in this post was the way you progressed from our “they” mentality to the very real, very intimate first-person “I.” It’s hard to stomach at times but so very, very true.