I remember once while debating religion, Sam Harris making a point about how, when sharing certain beliefs, people pay an immediate price when they talk about them. The one in particular is that Elvis is still alive.
He wasn’t specifically talking about conspiracy theories, but it made me think about them, nonetheless. If I did my math right, were Elvis still alive, he’d be 91 years old today. So, it’s far, far more likely that Elvis is alive than it is that the Earth is flat.
Flat earthers do pay that sort of price, but I don’t think we ridicule them enough, compared to how much more ridiculous their views are than the people who think Elvis is still alive.
I remember once while debating religion, Sam Harris making a point about how, when sharing certain beliefs, people pay an immediate price when they talk about them. The one in particular is that Elvis is still alive.
He wasn’t specifically talking about conspiracy theories, but it made me think about them, nonetheless. If I did my math right, were Elvis still alive, he’d be 91 years old today. So, it’s far, far more likely that Elvis is alive than it is that the Earth is flat.
Flat earthers do pay that sort of price, but I don’t think we ridicule them enough, compared to how much more ridiculous their views are than the people who think Elvis is still alive.