Comment by Nasrudith
2 years ago
The conspiracy theory is also a form of craziness/utter failure of theory of mind. The same sort which is determined that <current given leisure> is specifically intended distraction from <pet issue that only they really care about>. It was seen across the spectrum. The old bizarrely specific noughties chestnuts like <reality TV/the war in Iraq>.
Which in some cases results in self-fulfilling prophecies like the "footloose church" which believes that dancing is driving young people away from the church instead of the church's own behavior.
Technically, you are describing how your mind ("you", to you) has interpreted the symbols above. The way you have done it is one way, the way I do it is another.
For example, most people think in True/False binary: a proposition is either True, or False. If it is an extraordinary proposition, then it "requires" extraordinary evidence, and if "no" extraordinary evidence is available, then it "is" False. "LITERALLY" FLAWLESS "LOGIC" FOR THE WIN!
But if one's thinking is less simplistic (there are various superior gradients above this default approach), the situation "is" (appears, thus "is") very different.
This can easily be realized if the topic of discussion was abstract: psychology, logical fallacies, etc....but if the topic of discussion is an object level, ~"culture war" topic, this knowledge becomes inaccessible to the mind (similar to when a ChatGPT session becomes too long and the initial context (knowledge) has moved out of the active context window).
Humans are extremely interesting, I highly recommend studying their behavior, especially the behavior of the relatively more intelligent ones.