Faulty Theory In Anti-Intellectual
Ashley Huegli
Anti-Intellectualism
Comp 101
4/17/2013
Intellectual in Anti-Intellectual
“In fact, one thing that I have noticed . . . is that all of these conspiracy theories depend on the perpetrators being endlessly clever. I think you'll find the facts also work if you assume everyone is endlessly stupid.” (Kraus, 1999-2013) A quote that says it all about our society believing anything you tell them. This research paper is to go over a number of general myths also known as conspiracy theories repeated by the media and individuals of belief or practice, as well as people who have been convinced that some idiotic conspiracy theories are intellectual deviations from the ordinary rather than just acknowledging a common historical and …show more content…
Well we are still alive and this is one conspiracy that was proven false. If you do go back and look at the huge deal it played not only on the American population but the world population as a whole. “It was one large phenomenon that resulted as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle.” [ (Zell, 2012) ] The conspiracy said that world would partake in a physical and or spiritual transformation and that December 21, 2012 was the beginning day of a new era. One conspiracy that was said to happen with this event was that earth was going to become one with the black hole. Another conspiracy stated that the world would flood and people would have to pay millions of dollars for a ticket on an arc to the middle of earth, also known as, Madison Wisconsin. They even made a movie about this specific conspiracy “2012”. Also that the world would burn into flames and you wouldn’t even feel a thing. This conspiracy caused a lot of issues with the human population it caused people to go insane and some didn’t care to believe in it. “It is true that people need to make sense of traumatic events, but in a state of panic people will usually cling to the first explanation they hear, which is the reason why such events are so often and easily exploited (and in many cases staged) by governments for their own agendas. Hence, it is the government theory, which, often being itself a conspiracy theory and designating scapegoats, accomplishes the role of making sense out of the traumatic event, while alternate theories are shut out of the debate, and only gain acceptance much later when the shock effect settles down” [ (Dr. Duke, 2012) ]. The reasoning behind this information about people needing to make sense of traumatic events is that people need answers, answers that they don’t have to find on their own. Once a person finds some type of
Anti-Intellectualism
Comp 101
4/17/2013
Intellectual in Anti-Intellectual
“In fact, one thing that I have noticed . . . is that all of these conspiracy theories depend on the perpetrators being endlessly clever. I think you'll find the facts also work if you assume everyone is endlessly stupid.” (Kraus, 1999-2013) A quote that says it all about our society believing anything you tell them. This research paper is to go over a number of general myths also known as conspiracy theories repeated by the media and individuals of belief or practice, as well as people who have been convinced that some idiotic conspiracy theories are intellectual deviations from the ordinary rather than just acknowledging a common historical and …show more content…
Well we are still alive and this is one conspiracy that was proven false. If you do go back and look at the huge deal it played not only on the American population but the world population as a whole. “It was one large phenomenon that resulted as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle.” [ (Zell, 2012) ] The conspiracy said that world would partake in a physical and or spiritual transformation and that December 21, 2012 was the beginning day of a new era. One conspiracy that was said to happen with this event was that earth was going to become one with the black hole. Another conspiracy stated that the world would flood and people would have to pay millions of dollars for a ticket on an arc to the middle of earth, also known as, Madison Wisconsin. They even made a movie about this specific conspiracy “2012”. Also that the world would burn into flames and you wouldn’t even feel a thing. This conspiracy caused a lot of issues with the human population it caused people to go insane and some didn’t care to believe in it. “It is true that people need to make sense of traumatic events, but in a state of panic people will usually cling to the first explanation they hear, which is the reason why such events are so often and easily exploited (and in many cases staged) by governments for their own agendas. Hence, it is the government theory, which, often being itself a conspiracy theory and designating scapegoats, accomplishes the role of making sense out of the traumatic event, while alternate theories are shut out of the debate, and only gain acceptance much later when the shock effect settles down” [ (Dr. Duke, 2012) ]. The reasoning behind this information about people needing to make sense of traumatic events is that people need answers, answers that they don’t have to find on their own. Once a person finds some type of