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eridani

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20. IOW, some have a far higher need than others for perfect consistency--
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 04:57 PM
Sep 2012

--in their information environments. Psychologists who used the Rorschach inkblot test called that having a high W score. That is, high W refers to those subjects who got really upset if they couldn't fit every single aspect of the inkblot into the picture they imagined.

K&R JDPriestly Sep 2012 #1
Emphatic K&R! Explains why I consider myself 'agnostic' on the 9-11 attacks. - n/t coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #2
Thank you for encapsulating my whole set of feelings about conspiracy theory in general, and 9/11 Nay Sep 2012 #3
All we know for certain is that we're being lied to and that the lie is being used... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #4
Um...'rapists'? I guess that's used in a metaphorical sense. randome Sep 2012 #5
Rapists are to rape victims as eridani Sep 2012 #22
Really excellent analysis... ljm2002 Sep 2012 #6
TL, DR. There is ONLY ONE CONSPIRACY! slackmaster Sep 2012 #7
They don't have to hide anything; it's just too overwhelming an amount of information treestar Sep 2012 #8
The problem is the paranoid see conspiracies everywhere. MicaelS Sep 2012 #9
IOW, some have a far higher need than others for perfect consistency-- eridani Sep 2012 #20
Same reason we have religions. Humans want to understand why things happen even without knowledge. pampango Sep 2012 #10
No, that's why we have government pronouncements. JackRiddler Sep 2012 #13
What if the government provides "knowledge" but it conflicts with our religion or ct? pampango Sep 2012 #21
What if the government lies as a routine policy? JackRiddler Sep 2012 #25
K&R nt raouldukelives Sep 2012 #11
But many of the 9/11 CTs do not involve hidden knowledge. hack89 Sep 2012 #12
Make sure to inject your good friend, controlled demolition, JackRiddler Sep 2012 #15
But MIHOP is the face of 911 Truth hack89 Sep 2012 #16
I don't know that I would call it "LIHOP" - TBF Sep 2012 #14
My take is a weak version of LIHOP eridani Sep 2012 #19
Thank you so much for this, K&R. EOTE Sep 2012 #17
Recommended me b zola Sep 2012 #18
KR. When the "party line" doesn't make sense, doesn't explain events satisfactorily, people start HiPointDem Sep 2012 #23
And don't forget the rather large number of successful known conspiracies. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #24
Forward graham4anything Sep 2012 #26
There is something we can do - TBF Sep 2012 #27
It's a mundane fact that governments often don't tell the truth, especially when things go wrong cpwm17 Sep 2012 #28
Excellent post! zappaman Sep 2012 #30
What interferes with the search for truth is being lied to eridani Sep 2012 #32
How about this one? eridani Sep 2012 #29
Good one! zappaman Sep 2012 #31
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