Why do people believe conspiracies?

[Joe]

I guess either Ken is a fan, or I'm part of the illuminati.

or maybe ? its the sunglasses

[Joe]

Mick what happen to my post ? sandy hook pics ?

[Mick]

Mick what happen to my post ? sandy hook pics ?

It was in the Off-Topic forum as the Sandy Hook thread had degenerated into gun control and name calling.

I've moved it here, and added a debunking:

http://metabunk.org/threads/1054-Deb...ter-Sandy-Hook

[Joe]

It was in the Off-Topic forum as the Sandy Hook thread had degenerated into gun control and name calling.

I've moved it here, and added a debunking:

http://metabunk.org/threads/1054-Deb...ter-Sandy-Hook

thats good because their are so many things that need to be debunked on that .

[Mick]

thats good because their are so many things that need to b e debunked on that .

Yeah, like why would a little girl wear a dress her elder sister wore a year earlier....

Come on. It's perhaps the most ridiculous conspiracy theory ever.

[Joe]

I would agree

[RolandD]

While I agree with many of the reasons that have been postulated so far, especially the ones pertaining to pattern recognition, I think that another underlying reason is that it allows some people to shirk responsibility. A higher authority is in control and causing everything bad to happen, it's not the individual's fault and there is nothing they can do about it.