| The procedure to invent a conspiracy is quite simple. Write down all the topics which "seem important" right now. Eg., China, USA, Trump, Biden, AI, Virus, etc. (Where do these terms come from? Mostly the news, conversation. But each person will produce a different list.) Now all you have to do is connect all of them. This is, in reality, not possible. So one has to dispense with every greater "obvious truths" in order to make the connection work. It is in this attempt to rationalise a free association that we get such mythologies. It is the heart of how schizophrenics think. Psychosis is the mistaking of importance and connection in one's perceptions. And so it is quite common to find schizophrenia in the conspiracy theory population. However if you havent been taught to be sceptical of yourself, etc., its a fairly "natural" way to think. |