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To: epicure who wrote (46514)	11/26/2017 1:07:41 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356317

Sadly, lots of Engineers tend that way, and they are generally fairly smart. The history of "creation science" and of course bashing AGW is filled with such characters. They are an embarrassment to my profession...

To: epicure who wrote (46514)	11/26/2017 1:21:45 PM
From: Smart_Asset	Respond to of 356317

<<I've met some very intelligent people who were conspiracy freaks. It seems more a mental illness than shallow mindedness. It's a desire for extreme complexity and patterns- in a world filled with random shit and incompetence. Just my opinion, based on my observations on the (admittedly) limited number of conspiracy freaks I've met.>> I think the conspiracy theorist is somewhat common to some degree among 'intellectuals' with ego. A conspiracy theory can be a way of displaying arcane data and thereby establishing intellectual superiority. Some of that on this thread perhaps. Often goes hand in hand with a lack of academic credentials.