• Dojan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It doesn’t work because either they find a way to make their theories compatible; there can still be logical inconsistencies, because ultimately the theories aren’t logically sound anyway.

    Alternatively, they write one another off as delusional. A person who doesn’t believe in any conspiracy theories can still be “saved”, but someone who believes another incompatible theory is beyond redemption.

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      It’s like the story with the three Jesuses. Lock three people who believe they’re literally Jesus into a room, all of them walk out still believing that they’re Jesus, and convinced that you just locked them into a room with two madmen.