There are psychological explanations for why conspiracy theories are so seductive. Academics who study them argue that they meet a basic human need: to have the magnitude of any given effect be balanced by the magnitude of the cause behind it. A world in which tiny causes can have huge consequences feels scary and unreliable. Therefore a grand disaster like Sept. 11 needs a grand conspiracy behind it. 'We tend to associate major events--a President or princess dying--with major causes,' says Patrick Leman, a lecturer in psychology at Royal Holloway University of London, who has conducted studies on conspiracy belief. 'If we think big events like a President being assassinated can happen at the hands of a minor individual, that points to the unpredictability and randomness of life and unsettles us.'
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I completely agree. Americans who HATE America, also HATE the idea of terrorists being able to come in and turn our world upside down. They can't stand our government, but yet they really can't stand the idea of such a brutal attack that's so close to home. Again the Libs think our government is an unstoppable force, so a handful of zealots couldn't possibly launch such a massive attack. It's because they all know they secretly love the government, and rely on it for protection(not that they shouldn't), but Rosie O'Donnell says that's bad. She convinced them that it's popular opinion to mistrust the government. She would love it if we bit the hand that fed us. She's an evil wench who should be hung for treason. Really, she wouldn't have been able to get away with the crap she says if this were 1944.
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