We Are All The Same

[Integral]

We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves.

 

[Rashiminos]

Does he still preach that crap or has he switched to a different line of thought? I haven't been keeping with it. I consider it a waste of time.

IIRC, the lizard theory is still popular.

 

[Murky]

It seems like there is now this industry for conspiracy theorist and a lot of gullible people buying into it.

 

[Traitorfish]

I wouldn't say that it's new, exactly- remember that the Protocols of the Elder of Zion was a best-seller in its day. What's difference is that it's developed into a subculture which experiences a perverse combination of isolation and exposure, so it's both more obvious and more bizarre than it used to be.

 

[Murky]

I wouldn't say that it's new, exactly- remember that the Protocols of the Elder of Zion was a best-seller in its day. What's difference is that it's developed into a subculture which experiences a perverse combination of isolation and exposure, so it's both more obvious and more bizarre than it used to be.

They didn't have internet, radio and YouTube back then. Now, there's this cornucopia of conspiracy theory out there for people to buy into.

The biggest danger is that real conspiracies have a better chance of being dismissed and allowed to continue because of all the noise generated by baseless claims.

 

[Traitorfish]

Obligatory Alan Moore:


Link to video.

 

[ParkCungHee]

I wouldn't say that it's new, exactly- remember that the Protocols of the Elder of Zion was a best-seller in its day.

If you want to go back even further, Early Modern England loved itself some conspiracy theories.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

How could there not be anything?

There is a theory within theoretical physics that states that we are not actually here, but in fact projections of ourselves, as is the rest of the universe, which in fact exists billions of light-years away, on the surface of the inside of a curved surface, in only two dimensions.

There is of course something, and that thing is both of us. In fact the "self" that we identify with everyday is that thing. It is pure conciousness.

What is pure consciousness? What is consciousness? Why is the answer to either of these questions relevant to anything?

 

[Traitorfish]

If you want to go back even further, Early Modern England loved itself some conspiracy theories.

True enough- you can say what you like about the modern "conspiracy market", at least it's not actively informing government policy.

 

[Murky]

True enough- you can say what you like about the modern "conspiracy market", at least it's not actively informing government policy.

I don't know about England. In the U.S. the global warming conspiracy theory is practically a prerequisite for Republican candidates.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I don't know about England. In the U.S. the global warming conspiracy theory is practically a prerequisite for Republican candidates.

And evolution denial. They go hand in hand.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I'm going to take the literal approach to this thread and say, no, we are not all the same. If we were all the same, natural selection would have killed us off eons ago. Variation is the key to success.

 

[Murky]

We're all made of the same material but it's arranged a bit differently for each individual.

 

[Rashiminos]

The biggest danger is that real conspiracies have a better chance of being dismissed and allowed to continue because of all the noise generated by baseless claims.

Not all that unconnected really.

 

[Borachio]

@OP Whoa! I mean, yes. No. Wait. Maybe. Hang on.

Anyway, according to that clip by Alan Moore:

If you are on a list targeted by the CIA you have nothing to worry about. On the other hand, if you have a name similar to someone on a list targeted by the CIA you are dead.

Where can I sign up to join a conspiracy theorist group targeted by the CIA?

Help!

 

[Rashiminos]

@OP Whoa! I mean, yes. No. Wait. Maybe. Hang on.

Anyway, according to that clip by Alan Moore:



Where can I sign up to join a conspiracy theorist group targeted by the CIA?

Help!

Just start posting about Dulce, New Mexico.

 

[Borachio]

But why am I safe if I'm in a conspiracy group, but dead outside of one, if, as seems highly likely, there's someone with the name Borachio in a conspiracy group.

Is that Alan Moore guy nuts? Or is it me?

 

[AlpsStranger]

Sure. You don't have to achieve anything and you don't need to impress anyone.

But what if you want to?

 

[Murky]

Not all that unconnected really.

So it's okay just to cry wolf about everything that might be a conspiracy? If you manage to get a hit once in a while but most of the world ignores your ranting what good is that going to do?

Just start posting about Dulce, New Mexico.

People have written numerous things about Dulce and are still doing so.

 

[Borachio]

We are all overwhelmingly similar.


With little frilly bits of differences round the edges.