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In reply to the discussion: Context and the Assange case. [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)And it cuts across humanity. There are fervent believers and there are questioning skeptics. I am one of nature's skeptics. Always have been, since I was a wee lad.
Skeptics ask why, believers say I know why and don't confuse me with questions and logic.
What I find absolutely fascinating on this thread is that people who would generally be profoundly skeptical about most pronouncements by powerful officials (let us call one G W Bush for fun) and would suspect them of hiding the truth are so effortlessly gulled into an unquestioning state of absolute belief here. They respond the same way that fundies do when a bullshit artist like Cruz or Santorum says something that they want to hear despite its obviously dubious nature. Same thought process at work. It puzzles me, truly.
Perhaps it's confirmation bias of some
kind. It doesn't speak well of anyone to fall for this and reject logical, plausible alternative explanations and shows a clear suspension of critical thinking, never a good thing.