surly old curmudgeon; I had an insight when I heard someone say (as I've heard before) "they only respect force" I realized the speaker only respected force
Yes people will follow in droves to their collective destruction rather than drop their committed conceptual frameworks, it would amount to self-identity annihilation. e.g.Trump cult.
The rational portion of your brain that operates on logic is teeny and needs training to be useful in daily life. Most people, most of the time, don't operate in critical thinking mode. It's exhausting if you do. It is very easy to make people use irrational thinking by muting their logical brain with emotion. Fear and paranoia being quite effective especially when a society has been indoctrinated by a nuclear threat, cold war.
This explains why the valedictorian of my graduating class who has a masters degree is a die hard Trump supporter who believes in conspiracy theories. Like Beau said, she thinks she knows something others don't.
It's actually hard when a loved one buys into these things and you know they aren't stupid and you know they have worked hard and achived. It's hard because you can see the pain underneath that actually drives their belief system and that's hard to sooth...but you should keep trying. Gently.
No one can heal that pain but themselves. It so deeply rooted from a childhood that left them damaged that only the difficult work of reparenting one's self can begin to solve it. Trying to love someone who can't truly value themselves just drains you.
@@artstrology Doesn't everything dangerous start out looking delicious? How about excitedly voting for a candidate who told you to your face he could shoot you on 5th avenue..and you'd vote fro him...actually tells you to drink bleach... and you still won't budge....yeah. ( Burp)
@Scott Sloop and with you saying it has gods. And with buddhism you cant use it to treat others like shit. Buddhism teaches mindfulness.... Your arrogance is creating ignorance, because you think you know more than you do. You think you have it all figured out and wont look into something. Much like these Trumpers who don't ever look into anything bad trump done. It is all media lies... and other such bs.
Yeah, and just as a note.. scientists KNOW there are errors in all models. They make allowance for it. Statistics is the main tool. And as Beau says, generally we dont like uncertainty. Yet, this IS the domain of the professional scientist... to explore this uncertainty... to live and work constantly at the edge of whats unknown. And they have a very well developed skill set and tools to help with this. The layman often does not see this... and reaches for certainty in a way that "MAKE SENSE" to them.
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hit the nail on the head. the "conservative" mindset requires a "beaten path" way of dealing with the world. problem there is you travel in circles. the "progressive" mindset sees when the "beaten path" is not leading to a desired destination, whips out a machete and starts breaking a new path. will the new path go where we desire? damned if I know but the "beaten path" definitely didn't so it's worth a try. on the downside sometimes we wander into a swamp and have to backtrack, but Shangri-La might be behind the next bush. that's it in a nutshell.
@ matches my observations too. Lefties tend to concern themselves with local problems using local means in way that suits the local issue. Right-wingers tend to be more authoritarian and look to the chain of command for a solution. And the top of that command chain seems to presume to know the mind of God (all too often) and then presume to insist on "trickle down from authority". Never the twain shall meet?
On the other hand, serious scientists are occasionally ignored by the "mainstream" media for what can only be interpreted as political reasons, IMHO: www.ktva.com/story/41015153/fire-did-not-cause-world-trade-center-building-7-collapse-uaf-study-suggests
@none none hmm.. yup!! Typically, i've found, too many dont actually investigate the probabilities nor verify claims... but "go a long" with whats fashionable, what others are doing, or what their "go to guru" is saying. It seems all "we" are doing (as you pointed out) is perceiving the world and making decisions on the basis of that perception. As you point out, our perception is steered by our investigations, considerations and cognitive abilities. Some prefer to defer this freedom and their perception is biased by rhetoric, lies and all those other cognitive biases. Others are blind to the flashy banners of propaganda... and some even realise its futile... Whatchya gonna do?? An additional problem seems to be that "perception" is more an analogue or continuum whereas a decision is binary or quantised.... and will therefore always be imperfect. I dont explicity make the claim its a left/right issue... but i had noticed that those who seek to solve their own problems and be self reliant... almost by definition are not reliant on authority as much... hence, its a loose observation. Probably a biased perception... no doubt! ;-)
My mother's version was a little different: You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. (!) She loved words AND puns, a deadly combination...
Projection is so common in politics that there are entire groups where the quickest way to trying to figgure out what they're doing is just to look at what they're accusing others of doing and just check if it fits what they're doing. I find an extremely strong correlation between this and how much someone wants to build and protect power heirarchal power structures to the point that those more radical on that end of things can basically be relied on to be projecting in some way nearly all the time when talking about "the other side" down to basically every insult that isn't just a slur.
@Dixie flatline Vileness can be in our nature, but not everyone nature. But it isn't general thing. Most people aren't vile people. If it was we would not have survived this long because we would have killed off our own species. No species that lives in family groups, social groups, cant keep on existing if we are vile to each other. That is what you call protect from that general and I wonder if you are projecting that onto others.
Ante Omnia Libertatem, if they only ever see the worst motivations in others and haven’t had a lifetime of being genuinely fucked over to back it up, they’re probably just seeing their own motivations in others.
@@TeamPill I'd say thats the case more often than not. Most judgements people make are done so lacking enough concrete evidence, as well as contextual information to properly make a rational judgment. So we fill in all the unknown gaps in information with our own preconceptions.
@@robertmason7397 American democracy is a product of the scientific revolution (the years 1700-1800, Age of Enlightenment), it is a very explicitly rationalist enterprise. Unfortunately, the Trump election proves that the American people have embraced stupidity over rationality. The way you treat COVID-19 "may be" the end of the US as you have experienced it. May be not..
It's called pareidolia...our brain's tendency to see patterns in random data. We are wired to work that way, but it tends to influence our rational judgement negatively.
I knew someone who had a brain injury that disabled his pattern recognition ability. If you showed him a picture of a cow he might say ‘dog.’ If you walked him through all the details, hooves, udder, horns and anything else that he conceded were not part of a dog he would not be able to get cow and would still guess that it was a dog. He could only recognize people as soon as they spoke. He lived a reclusive life with his family and died young.
@@blacksmith67 Wow. I have an uncle that had a brain injury. Similar behavior. He can often be hard to communicate with. I think he knows what he means while others struggle. His brain is interpreting things differently now.
@@SeesThings Right. Filling in gaps. I think it is our brains' way of trying to rationalize information it just can't make sense out of. Evolutionary flaw. We just aren't as perfect as we would like to think we are.
Our tendency to see patterns is part of what enabled us to survive and subsequently evolve in our early history as a species. It may not serve us well now, like other wired behaviours; we have to learn to think differently in the modern world.
I’m just a figment of your imagination. No, really ! I am just a pigment of the demagination. Don’t pay any attention to the person behind the curtain. As the song say “someone somewhere went to sleep and dreamed us all alive. Dreams get kicked around a lot and I doubt if we’ll survive. We won’t get to wake up. Dreams were made to disappear and I’m pretty sure that none of us is really here.”
A common phrase used to complain, often about trivial things, is “There oughta be a law ...!” Most of the time we’re joking; we don’t really want to put the other guy in jail for some minor annoyance, nor does the other guy want to put US in jail for some other minor annoyance! But there ARE SOME people who really WOULD like the power to punish others, as in Koko’s song “I’ve Got a Little List,” from “The Mikado.”
Hi @@jdbrisebois8732 South Africa is doing okish given our resources. We are currently mostly under lockdown. Most of our cases are being tracked. Our economy is not doing too great but to be fair it had issues before lockdown. We have a five stage plan to reopen economy. We are currently in lockdown stage 4 and if all goes well we should be going to phase 3 within the next 2 weeks. Our researchers are working on ways to better distribute our PPE. To get a better view you can look at this dashboard health.hydra.africa/#/
For me, it generally boils down to 2 questions: - What is there to gain? - how competent are those that seem to act? While that hardly covers every theory .. it pretty much invalidates the vast majority of them. While there sometimes is something to gain .. the question of competency often appears to be answered with "not very much...". And in the end .. its usually just selfish authoritarians that try greedily to accumulate wealth or cling to power desperately, without long term plans. My sister - whom i respect for her views (usually) - firmly believes that the current virus is hyped by "the media and the politics" while it is much less harmful - more like a flu (yea, where have we heard that before?!) - on the question of who gains, she says that it is of course the 1%, the rich - that loaners, the financiers that will exploit the workers in the aftermath of the crisis ... and there, i guess .. she might have a point. On the question of how she can explain the world wide reaction to the virus - how governments, countries and societies inflict so much self harm .. no answer. Meanwhile, i believe that there is some hype - of course. And there is misinformation. But the misinformation does not come from malicious intent in most cases, but from genuine ignorance and wrong historical conclusions. I do not see the entire world to lock down as some sort of coordinated attempt to shift the balance even more towards the rich and powerful. It is just that the rich and powerful naturally survive a crisis easier than the poor and have the resources to exploit the weak.
My bf dad who is elderly and has to stay with us is the same way and he is militant about it I've tried ignoring it I've tried talking with him ive even tried being open minded and listening But I just can't any more its so bad it's driven a wedge in my relationship and I honestly don't k ow what to do some times My bf dotes on him and coddles him because its his dad and he is not completely well but at this point I'm almost a prisoner in my own home the dad is SO engulfed and sucked into these theories it's ridiculous
Been there. I thought my brother, brother-in-law, a this guy at work could see through the bullshit, but they have fallen for every conspiracy theory. One gets triggered by just the mention of Obama's name. Even Michelle or the kids.
@@samanthanorton538 Sorry for what you're going through. My parents are like that, have been for decades now. Reposting an oldie-but-goodie 2014 article on this subject: www.salon.com/2014/02/27/i_lost_my_dad_to_fox_news_how_a_generation_was_captured_by_thrashing_hysteria/
Brilliant analysis once again, Beau! What people are willing to believe and get behind is a foolproof insight into which they are. It never failed me. I used to get into multi-session discussions about facts and evidence until I realized they needed to believe the conspiracy.
Fun fact...we never have control at any given moment. We are all just stumbling through life as best we can. Be kind to each other and live in a way you wont regret.
I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but the conspiracies I've noticed to be true (or maybe it's my brain finding patterns) are mostly due to business interests.
@Eric B, like this gob smacking 'theory' that Covid 19 is caused by.. 5G cell towers? It has incited many to burn down cell towers and specifically more so in the UK! That is an example of harm done by the belief in misinformation.
@@maggierezac5820 Okay, that was poorly worded in my part and I apologize. What I was more going for was the idea that businesses will do the most wretched things to ensure they don't lose money from their bottom lines. Things such as the Business Plot, the dismantling of the Chevy EV-1, or hiding the results of the Pinto crash tests to the higher-ups so as not to re-engineer the car which would cost money.
@@maggierezac5820 I agree but there is proof by doctors online That 5g is bad for the environment and can make people sick. It didn't cause covid19 ,but people have gotten sick near them because they use a certain radiation. The same radiation that kills bees. U don't have to believe me, just look up the effects of 5g on the environment and its side effects.
Good point. This explains why Christians tend to believe conspiracies more and are self proclaimed "truthers". This is why I've been sucked in,because of my religious upbringing.
I'd just like to say, check out the documentary "The Family" on Netflix. Like to be absolutely serious, there have been times in history where those with massive amounts of power choose not to fight amongst each other. Shit, prime example is slave owners in America. The social economic benefit and Hierarchy of class systems was more than enough, in a lot of ways, to keep those at the top were satiated enough that they wouldn't try to create a level of social disorder by unnecessary challenges to one and another authority. "The Family" Trailer, this is real btw, not some Conspiracy theorist conclusion, but stuff backed up with hard facts. czcams.com/video/7knN2TXQPzw/video.html Problems arise because of the fact people look to inform lax or lapses of information about a subject that they don't have, with there own personal emotions and thoughts. *But the idea that there are a bunch of rich people who talk to each other about maintaining control over the country/world, is not insane at all. In fact I would say you'd have to be more insane to think that that doesn't happen. Especially looking at the types of attacks Bernie Sanders himself faced, with such coronation you'd be insane to not notice it.* Like CNN asked Bernie Sanders why did you say a woman can't be president? And after words, When Warren came up to Bernie and attacked him for calling her a lair with a hot mic, CNN just speculated. BHT THE NEXT DAY THEY SOME HOW "UNCOVERED" THE AUDIO! This entire situation is vastly more evil than you could even imagine. *Like I used to study serial killers and cult leaders as a way to understand the true complexity of the human mind, and I'm telling you right now... that did nothing to prepare me for the evil of a person like Hillary Clinton. A person who can murder tens of thousands of people if not hundreds, and go to brunch afterwards is a level of evil that is near god damn impossible to explain.* Human life means abundantly nothing to a person like her same with George W. Bush, and even Obama. Shit Bill Clinton rode on Jeffrey Epstein's plane 27 times, and Michael Bloomberg is LITERALLYin his "black book" under 4 DIFFERENT NUMBERS! So do you seriously think it's a conspiracy theory that he just happened to be murdered 2 days after being taken off suicide watch?! And there is another flip side to everything, you said that people want to feel like there is someone in control. *But there is a vastly harder feeling to comprehend, and that is everyone in power(in America) is actually evil and there is no "good" opposition in the world. That thought of there being no good guys I power is a consideration that will keep a person voting Democrat for their entire life. Ps. The term "Conspiracy Theory" was coined by the CIA. And that sounds like a conspiracy theory.... for the very reason it was created! And that was to take anybody who didn't mindlessly and thoughtlessly accept the narrative of the United States government, as someone who should be socially ostracized, by the general public for means of control. Seriously think about it. If you're a conspiracy theorist your are automatically outside of the social normative system of behavior and acceptable information. So even if you are right, due to the social context of the term(Conspiracy Theorist), you will be labeled and thus ostracized from the general public so a majority of people will never listen to you or believe you from the get go. So yeah, evil is real, and you might want to recheck some of your own thinking on this. Because just because there is a lot of bad information surrounding a particular subject doesn't mean that the entire idea is wrong, or that you can't discover factual or trust worthy evidence for it. Ps. God is real also.
Ps. The people who think the lock down is an attempt to take away our freedoms, are absolute idiots... Or the best way to describe them, purely animalistic. The human mind is only possible through the the evaluation of the animalistic complexity we live with and consider/see from everyday. Or in other terms, the only way they know how to see or think about the world is from their own view point, So any piece of information that does not agree with them is automatically an attack on their very conception of the world around them. *Because they lack the complexity of character, to view the world from multiple positions, to consider new possible explanations and answers, so the only way the know how to react is by means attacking the information and the people it comes from that contradict their internal understanding of how the world is supposed to work.* I.e. Every human being creates a version of what the world is in the back of our mind, and we use that as a mechanism of engagement with the actual world. The more intelligent and come a complex the person is the more complex the internal variation on the world is for that person. But for some people there is literally only one possible world, the one they think is real, and every other version of it is wrong. Not different, but WRONG. And that is where you get a lot of danger, Because people with only one out look on the entirety of all of humanity, and the world around them, will literally kill people over allowing that perception to be overturned. I think you could probably study cults and see a similar effect where the only comprehension of the world is dictated by a single individual, one who creates a single line of thought and thinking that become the entire basis of worldly observation, and thus leaves his followers completely unable to think or evaluate the world without his perception.... Just a side thought, but yeah those people are stupid.
You might want to reconsider the use of the term 'theory' here, seems you are conflating it with 'story' or 'hypothesis'. A theory is by definition a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation. A theory, insofar as the filed of science is concerned, has reached the pinnacle of objective challenge and testing, whilst still holding true. A common theory - Darwinian evolution or the theory of natural selection for examples, thus becomes a group of linked ideas intended to explain something and provides a overall framework for explaining multiple subsequent observations and assumptions. Take the assumptions being raised in Plandemic for instance. Here is some actual peer reviewed science and commentary from actual experts in the field. Its pretty clear this wasn’t a lab born virus. It's understandable though why a USA now desperately careening into bankruptcy after all the endless wars, neoliberal driven capture of government, tax relief and social welfare bailouts for big business would want to connive such a claim. This is what happens when the same dark pools of money and advisors infiltrate and capture both the US and UK government’s. It leads to structural unpreparedness via defunding key initiatives that are precautionary in nature. It leads to systemic vulnerabilities from a population fed almost entirely with GMO's, pesticide-laden carbohydrates, hydrogenated oils, chemical additives, and meat and dairy from mass farmed and butchered animals pumped full of steroids and antibiotics; allied to chronic over-use of over and under the counter pharmaceuticals with the additive stress from being working poor, marginalized and/or discriminated against generally. Then it leads to a callous and incompetence response. The numbers do tell the truth though. www.factcheck.org/2020/05/the-falsehoods-of-the-plandemic-video/ czcams.com/video/5x_pIgvDLcg/video.html nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0819-2.pdf?draft=marketing www.scientificamerican.com/article/stopping-deforestation-can-prevent-pandemics/ medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-scientific-team-unique-mutation-coronavirus.html www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3080771/coronavirus-mutations-affect-deadliness-strains-chinese-study phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-coronaviruses.html www.sciencealert.com/the-cell-types-most-vulnerable-to-infection-by-coronavirus-may-have-been-identified
Whether it's the Evil Eye or malicious witchcraft or the obsession du jour, we've always sought explanations for catastrophes, illnesses, dry cows, bad crops, or whatever.
When someone accuses everyone of stealing, it's usually because they're a thief. When someone doesn't trust anyone, it's usually because they're not trustworthy ...
well also people with severe emotional trauma from people lying to them, people who used to be emotionally abused tend to have trust issues there is a point in assholes thinking other people are as exploitative as they are, especially symbol minded settlers
Conspiracy Newspaper. When any political ads come up on you tube. I click stop seeing this ad. I usually choose Inappropriate or Irrelevant. About once a month I go through my suggested feed and do that to all the ads I do not want to see. Now I get ads for the downloads of some video games. I usually let them run so You Tube algorithm thinks I am interested. If the phone and the computer are going to listen to me, send me targeted ads etc. At least the dang thing ought to do what I want it to.
That annoying EEEPOCH/EPIC TIMES is the lead into almost all CZcams videos over the last few months! It is an extension and owned apparently by the FOLUN GONG Chinese Cult Group! GOOGLE it my friends!
@@shawnr771 I click the stope seeing ad button every time the Epoch Times ad pops up, which is almost before every single video I watch. It will cancel that specific ad but an Epoch Times ad is sure to be preceding the next video I watch. Is there something I can do to stop seeing any more of them?
Realizing that you can tell how someone is likely to act based on how they assume others will act was such a lightbulb moment for me. Important thing to keep in mind.
In the information age it seems to me that confirmation bias is one of the largest problems. For the first time there is an unlimited amount of information available to support any bias and narrowly focused enough so that you never have to be exposed to anything that doesn't.
Had to do that as well. He used to be normal. He's a smart guy, but since he moved back to Tennessee everything is a Dem plot, a Fox news theory, a right wing conspiracy. I just couldn't deal with it anymore. When friends were arguing with him on facebook, he said in the end that he doesn't want to hear any dissenting views. Before blocking him I just said that if you can't listen to a dissenting view, and debate points on your theories then you know, in your heart, there is something wrong with what you believe. If you can't find evidence to back your theory, you have nothing.
Yup me too, a good friend of mine that I just cant deal with anymore. Benghazi this emails that. Now with the pandemic shes probably crazier than ever. Still i do miss her
Ive had to unfriend and block a few people too more then i ever thought id have to actually And my BF's elderly father who lives with us is obsessed with these theories Its impossible to hold a conversation about ANYTHING with in ear shot of him he will turn it into dem thia and Clinton that and kabals and cannibalistic pedophile rings Since the virus started he has been even worse NO ONE is allowed to voice a differing opinion or he becomes irrationally aggressive (I am more worried about his own safety as he has had 2 heart attacks and is over 70) My relationship with my bf will probably end over it because I really don't know how much more I can take
@@samanthanorton538 😥 I'm sorry to hear that. It must be so hard to have it in your home. I'd go nuts as well. That's the interesting thing though. They are so angry, so deeply angry all the time. And they are looking for a fight.
I gave up on going to my class reunions. Everyone worth seeing moved out of state and will never return, the rest might as well be lumps of detritus as they cannot achieve even a simple act of setting up a reunion. I have a very small circle of association because I just discarded most of the people that were problematic.
One might as well take the whole psychology away and focus on the underlying call to action and the final means: - mark an enemy. - provoke a reaction. - follow the path towards extinction.
Always good videos, brother. When I see the facts, no matter what my feelings are, they are what they are. 1+2 will always be 3 no matter what my mother, mayor, governor or president tell me and if I later learn that they've been teaching me 1+2=5, then I have a decision to make: either I continue living a lie or search for the truth. These are very tough times, brother. In my opinion, we have been set back 60 years by this administration. Never have I seen more division in my 44 years than I have now. All of us better vote in November.
They would try to lynch him from the highest branch and call him "traitor!" Their brains don't function in a way to comprehend what Beau is saying; they will just take it as an insult, as an attack.
Bread and circus. This pandemic has exposed that many humans get bored easily and being sucked into conspiracy theories and drama is one way to pass the time. They haven’t mastered the art of self entertainment. I’ve never realized how many activities seem to be just time fillers for people who refuse to enjoy the present moment, but only look forward to future events to mark significance in their timeline.
Any person that craves patterns and doesn't stop to reflect on the fact that this proclivity is also itself a pattern must qualify as stupid. I believe that is the technical term. I mean no harm. I would simply like to encourage people to do better. Maybe the system itself has failed us.
Pairadeau Yeah, we all use pattern recognition in our day to day lives to the point where it can be very harmful, or very beneficial. I have had both happen to me and I realize more and more about what I notice and hold on to every day :) But people have to be self aware and feel empathy, or at the very least guilt, for hurting others. Some of the theorists are not doing so and it makes them seem inhuman for them not to understand how much they hurt people around them.
Most people like to think they're important, therefore every thing done is TO them when in reality most things are done without the thought of others. Which really is the problem.
Mr Beau this video do throw a light on answering this question of the mindset of MAGA. I do support your thinking with your announcing what I often suspected has me nodding. Keep up your work sir.
Abdicate people! If you're able, pull away from the system. Cut up your cards, buy things that will matter in an upside down reality and learn to live without toilet paper.
When you're of an authoritarian mindset, your enemy, real or imagined, must simultaneously be laughably weak and insurmountably threatening. Doublethink at its worst.
Without discomfort people won't try and improve. Going out of your comfort zone is part of growing as a person. Trying to stay in your comfort zone can be stunting to a person and a community.
@@VIPandalicious Perhaps, but to be honest, how much time does he really have? He is in New York City in the middle of one of the worst places in the U.S.A. for Covid 19. As for me if I want conspiracy theories I will watch the X-Files or Milenium. I am finding all this crap adds into the problems. I tend to think someone will take it as a message saying hey it's all a conspiracy so I can go out be around people get them sick or dead , because it's a hoax to them, then get some other people sick or dead like their family or other people
There need not be a pattern for things to be trending badly. Imagine you are very near the center of a room. If you take a step in any random direction, you will be further from the center in almost every case. This means that when things are near the ideal, most available changes are for the worse. A random selection of a direction to go can look like an intentional effort to make matters worse.
I believe once there’s enough of them they become a culture, and once they become a culture they feel empowered, and feel need to do something regardless of accuracy
I know this is off topic, but no one else has mentioned it. I simply love the ensemble. The sweatshirt coordinated with the beard and Curious George patch is stunning!
@@Vanilla0729 thank you! Beau, please pin a comment with this link (or a link to your tweet mentioning it - twitter.com/BeauTFC/status/1259200875567947776 )... this was surprisingly difficult to find. I'll post a top-level. You can pin it if you like, or make your own.
Maybe a reference to the theory that the earth is flat, or better yet that the moon landing didn't happen. Classic conspiracy theories. And sorry, I accidentally hit the thumb down button instead of reply.
I'm glad you're doing these videos! I've been wanting you discuss the content of your last couple videos for awhile, so I can share them with my conspiratorial FB friends..lol. A video on recognizing propaganda, critical thinking, and the twin psychological disabilities of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance , would maybe make for an important video..weve been bombarded by so much information and disinformation it's eroded trust in almost all institutions (some deservedly so) and therefore we all need as many tools as we can get to discern for ourselves what is, if not true, at least the most plausible hypothesis, for the moment..lol.
Dude. I just noticed you're up to almost 250k subscribers. That's nuts. I remember when I found your channel there was only about 6k. It actually gives me hope that there might be more logical people out there than I thought🙂
That is still under 1% of the US's population. We know that 1% of any population are idiots. Maybe the other edge of the bell curve is where the subscribers all live.
Patterns, variable change and direction often are linear in thought. My friend, at times, "our greatest asset can be our greatest downfall, and that is our ability to clearly reason and think. Thank you for your views and thoughts!! GVV
The problem with doctors and medical professionals debunking these theories is the people you are trying to convince don’t believe doctors and medical professionals.
Generally they ignore the blatant corruption and conspiracies in front of them for unprovable spooky ones that aren't necessary to show how bad the institution inherently is without some spooky puppeteers.
"Accuse your enemy of that which you are guilty." - Joseph Goebbels (attributed)
That's the trump modus operandi.
"Apply to the other what you despise the most about yourself"...Justifiable HATE, (from an Anthropology class)
surly old curmudgeon; I had an insight when I heard someone say (as I've heard before) "they only respect force" I realized the speaker only respected force
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." Mark Twain
Yes people will follow in droves to their collective destruction rather than drop their committed conceptual frameworks, it would amount to self-identity annihilation. e.g.Trump cult.
Lemmings....over the cliffs guys....after you!
tell me about it... it's so hard to get my StepDad to see that Trump LIES.. 🥺
@@larryconcepts ...And in the UK, Brexiters.
Are you fooling us saying it's Mark Twain? Lol jk jk
"They're not stupid, they just think in a different way." That's being incredibly kind.
The rational portion of your brain that operates on logic is teeny and needs training to be useful in daily life. Most people, most of the time, don't operate in critical thinking mode. It's exhausting if you do. It is very easy to make people use irrational thinking by muting their logical brain with emotion. Fear and paranoia being quite effective especially when a society has been indoctrinated by a nuclear threat, cold war.
Stupid ways.
Beau is a very kind person, as what I can see
If you understand all of the base assumptions that someone works from, how they get to their conclusions makes perfect sense.
This explains why the valedictorian of my graduating class who has a masters degree is a die hard Trump supporter who believes in conspiracy theories. Like Beau said, she thinks she knows something others don't.
It's actually hard when a loved one buys into these things and you know they aren't stupid and you know they have worked hard and achived. It's hard because you can see the pain underneath that actually drives their belief system and that's hard to sooth...but you should keep trying. Gently.
No one can heal that pain but themselves. It so deeply rooted from a childhood that left them damaged that only the difficult work of reparenting one's self can begin to solve it. Trying to love someone who can't truly value themselves just drains you.
"If you're invested in certainty and security,
You're on the wrong planet."
- Pema Chodron, Buddhist nun
Onward folks
Welcome to earth, try not to look delicious.
@@artstrology Doesn't everything dangerous start out looking delicious? How about excitedly voting for a candidate who told you to your face he could shoot you on 5th avenue..and you'd vote fro him...actually tells you to drink bleach... and you still won't budge....yeah.
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There is certainty in this world. Everyone dies.
Beyond that, though, nothing is certain, and we should account for it.
There are three certainties in life; death, taxes & uncertainty.
@Scott Sloop and with you saying it has gods. And with buddhism you cant use it to treat others like shit. Buddhism teaches mindfulness....
Your arrogance is creating ignorance, because you think you know more than you do. You think you have it all figured out and wont look into something.
Much like these Trumpers who don't ever look into anything bad trump done. It is all media lies... and other such bs.
Yeah, and just as a note.. scientists KNOW there are errors in all models. They make allowance for it. Statistics is the main tool. And as Beau says, generally we dont like uncertainty. Yet, this IS the domain of the professional scientist... to explore this uncertainty... to live and work constantly at the edge of whats unknown. And they have a very well developed skill set and tools to help with this. The layman often does not see this... and reaches for certainty in a way that "MAKE SENSE" to them.
hit the nail on the head. the "conservative" mindset requires a "beaten path" way of dealing with the world. problem there is you travel in circles.
the "progressive" mindset sees when the "beaten path" is not leading to a desired destination, whips out a machete and starts breaking a new path. will the new path go where we desire? damned if I know but the "beaten path" definitely didn't so it's worth a try. on the downside sometimes we wander into a swamp and have to backtrack, but Shangri-La might be behind the next bush.
that's it in a nutshell.
@ matches my observations too. Lefties tend to concern themselves with local problems using local means in way that suits the local issue. Right-wingers tend to be more authoritarian and look to the chain of command for a solution. And the top of that command chain seems to presume to know the mind of God (all too often) and then presume to insist on "trickle down from authority". Never the twain shall meet?
Yeah, I’m stealing this comment. Sorry for the intellectual theft
On the other hand, serious scientists are occasionally ignored by the "mainstream" media for what can only be interpreted as political reasons, IMHO:
www.ktva.com/story/41015153/fire-did-not-cause-world-trade-center-building-7-collapse-uaf-study-suggests
@none none hmm.. yup!! Typically, i've found, too many dont actually investigate the probabilities nor verify claims... but "go a long" with whats fashionable, what others are doing, or what their "go to guru" is saying. It seems all "we" are doing (as you pointed out) is perceiving the world and making decisions on the basis of that perception. As you point out, our perception is steered by our investigations, considerations and cognitive abilities. Some prefer to defer this freedom and their perception is biased by rhetoric, lies and all those other cognitive biases. Others are blind to the flashy banners of propaganda... and some even realise its futile... Whatchya gonna do?? An additional problem seems to be that "perception" is more an analogue or continuum whereas a decision is binary or quantised.... and will therefore always be imperfect. I dont explicity make the claim its a left/right issue... but i had noticed that those who seek to solve their own problems and be self reliant... almost by definition are not reliant on authority as much... hence, its a loose observation. Probably a biased perception... no doubt! ;-)
Remember: "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. You can lead a person to knowledge but you can't make them think."
Charles Johnson good one. But I would say......make HIM drink. A horse...any sentient being is not inanimate. Not an it. A someone.
You got that right
i saw a bumper sticker once ... When it Comes to Thinking, Some People Will Stop at Nothing
My mother's version was a little different: You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. (!) She loved words AND puns, a deadly combination...
“Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.”
.. and also:
"Lord please make my opposition be evil for if they are stupid I can never out smart them"
Said, who? Just curious.
coda creator Hint: look up Hanlon’s razor.
"Never attribute intelligence to someone who quotes other intelligent people and puts it into a CZcams comment"
@@User71956 Unless it's very appropriate to the topic under discussion.
Projection is so common in politics that there are entire groups where the quickest way to trying to figgure out what they're doing is just to look at what they're accusing others of doing and just check if it fits what they're doing.
I find an extremely strong correlation between this and how much someone wants to build and protect power heirarchal power structures to the point that those more radical on that end of things can basically be relied on to be projecting in some way nearly all the time when talking about "the other side" down to basically every insult that isn't just a slur.
@Dixie flatline Vileness can be in our nature, but not everyone nature. But it isn't general thing. Most people aren't vile people. If it was we would not have survived this long because we would have killed off our own species. No species that lives in family groups, social groups, cant keep on existing if we are vile to each other.
That is what you call protect from that general and I wonder if you are projecting that onto others.
@Scooters Videos yes!
Projection is huge. You can tell a lot about a person by how the view others, and the world around them.
Ante Omnia Libertatem, if they only ever see the worst motivations in others and haven’t had a lifetime of being genuinely fucked over to back it up, they’re probably just seeing their own motivations in others.
Judgements tell more about the judger than the judg-ee, so I've read in some of my psych textbooks.
@@TeamPill I'd say thats the case more often than not. Most judgements people make are done so lacking enough concrete evidence, as well as contextual information to properly make a rational judgment. So we fill in all the unknown gaps in information with our own preconceptions.
This is true
“The things we dislike most in others are the characteristics we like least in ourselves.” M.Keyes
As Jonathan Swift noted, "Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired."
hmm, I had to think about that one for a minute.......well put Mr. Swift.
I've always heard the simpler phrasing, "You can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into."
Is it so hard to accept that American culture tends to love the sensational and the charlatans?
Spot on! We just have to observe our obsession with buying totally useless and cheap stuff. We love to be ram in the rear end by con man.
Nutty conspiracy theories are all over the world.
@@evilsharkey8954 Duh! You don't say Captain Obvious...
...and so is British , Australian , Brazilian ,Chinese cultures too.
@@robertmason7397 American democracy is a product of the scientific revolution (the years 1700-1800, Age of Enlightenment), it is a very explicitly rationalist enterprise.
Unfortunately, the Trump election proves that the American people have embraced stupidity over rationality. The way you treat COVID-19 "may be" the end of the US as you have experienced it. May be not..
It's called pareidolia...our brain's tendency to see patterns in random data. We are wired to work that way, but it tends to influence our rational judgement negatively.
Connecting the dots (while ignoring a lot dots)
I knew someone who had a brain injury that disabled his pattern recognition ability. If you showed him a picture of a cow he might say ‘dog.’ If you walked him through all the details, hooves, udder, horns and anything else that he conceded were not part of a dog he would not be able to get cow and would still guess that it was a dog.
He could only recognize people as soon as they spoke. He lived a reclusive life with his family and died young.
@@blacksmith67 Wow. I have an uncle that had a brain injury. Similar behavior. He can often be hard to communicate with. I think he knows what he means while others struggle. His brain is interpreting things differently now.
@@SeesThings Right. Filling in gaps. I think it is our brains' way of trying to rationalize information it just can't make sense out of. Evolutionary flaw. We just aren't as perfect as we would like to think we are.
Our tendency to see patterns is part of what enabled us to survive and subsequently evolve in our early history as a species. It may not serve us well now, like other wired behaviours; we have to learn to think differently in the modern world.
Another brilliant "thought".
Happy Mother's Day to Mrs. Beau !
“ It’s just a thought, y’all have a good day” Hahahaha idk why those words bring me so much comfort.
There's no rhime or reason for this crazy world....I feel I'm deployed in my reality
I can see your comment, you are not alone. Sending love to you segment of reality.
I’m just a figment of your imagination. No, really ! I am just a pigment of the demagination. Don’t pay any attention to the person behind the curtain. As the song say “someone somewhere went to sleep and dreamed us all alive. Dreams get kicked around a lot and I doubt if we’ll survive. We won’t get to wake up. Dreams were made to disappear and I’m pretty sure that none of us is really here.”
"Authoritarians without the means" is a chilling phrase, but it explains a lot about a few people I know.
A common phrase used to complain, often about trivial things, is “There oughta be a law ...!” Most of the time we’re joking; we don’t really want to put the other guy in jail for some minor annoyance, nor does the other guy want to put US in jail for some other minor annoyance! But there ARE SOME people who really WOULD like the power to punish others, as in Koko’s song “I’ve Got a Little List,” from “The Mikado.”
I admire your depth and clarity of thought, and your ability to present it in a coherent, readily-comprehensible way. Bravo.
"It's hard to lose to someone who doesn't exist!" Pretty safe too!
Danger comes when leaders use the people who believe the theory... Watching post the Capitol incident, this is spot on.
Hi Beau . . As always an absolute pleasure to listen to you . . Thanks and regards from Cape Town . .
Glad see another South African watching these videos. Hello from Pretoria 👋
jack gibbs and @ivanburke has South Africa been affected by Covid? Hope you guys are safe :) kind regards from Canada
Hi @@jdbrisebois8732
South Africa is doing okish given our resources. We are currently mostly under lockdown. Most of our cases are being tracked.
Our economy is not doing too great but to be fair it had issues before lockdown.
We have a five stage plan to reopen economy. We are currently in lockdown stage 4 and if all goes well we should be going to phase 3 within the next 2 weeks.
Our researchers are working on ways to better distribute our PPE.
To get a better view you can look at this dashboard health.hydra.africa/#/
For me, it generally boils down to 2 questions:
- What is there to gain?
- how competent are those that seem to act?
While that hardly covers every theory .. it pretty much invalidates the vast majority of them. While there sometimes is something to gain .. the question of competency often appears to be answered with "not very much...". And in the end .. its usually just selfish authoritarians that try greedily to accumulate wealth or cling to power desperately, without long term plans.
My sister - whom i respect for her views (usually) - firmly believes that the current virus is hyped by "the media and the politics" while it is much less harmful - more like a flu (yea, where have we heard that before?!) - on the question of who gains, she says that it is of course the 1%, the rich - that loaners, the financiers that will exploit the workers in the aftermath of the crisis ... and there, i guess .. she might have a point.
On the question of how she can explain the world wide reaction to the virus - how governments, countries and societies inflict so much self harm .. no answer.
Meanwhile, i believe that there is some hype - of course. And there is misinformation. But the misinformation does not come from malicious intent in most cases, but from genuine ignorance and wrong historical conclusions. I do not see the entire world to lock down as some sort of coordinated attempt to shift the balance even more towards the rich and powerful. It is just that the rich and powerful naturally survive a crisis easier than the poor and have the resources to exploit the weak.
Ragna Eyjadóttir there are several trillion things to gain.
Brucey in the sky With diamonds please elaborate
@@MrBruceLoops Please do Elaborate Dear Sir
EXACTLY!!!
@@Kyohan137 he's referring to the bail out and stimulus money.
People believe in theories because they need something to believe in to help them feel in control when they feel everything is out of control.
My dad’s been spouting so many bullshit theories I can’t be bothered to argue anymore
Malik Turner I know what you mean!
My bf dad who is elderly and has to stay with us is the same way and he is militant about it
I've tried ignoring it I've tried talking with him ive even tried being open minded and listening
But I just can't any more its so bad it's driven a wedge in my relationship and I honestly don't k ow what to do some times
My bf dotes on him and coddles him because its his dad and he is not completely well but at this point I'm almost a prisoner in my own home the dad is SO engulfed and sucked into these theories it's ridiculous
Been there. I thought my brother, brother-in-law, a this guy at work could see through the bullshit, but they have fallen for every conspiracy theory. One gets triggered by just the mention of Obama's name. Even Michelle or the kids.
@@samanthanorton538 You're a martyr putting up with that.Hope it works out ok for you.
@@samanthanorton538 Sorry for what you're going through. My parents are like that, have been for decades now. Reposting an oldie-but-goodie 2014 article on this subject: www.salon.com/2014/02/27/i_lost_my_dad_to_fox_news_how_a_generation_was_captured_by_thrashing_hysteria/
I love the subtle connection between subject matter and your shirts. Well done.
My son likes to question what I say forcing me to find out more. I taught him well but didn't follow my example.
Without truth, there is no self-determination, only manipulation!
As a member of a group that has been, and still is, blamed I say it is very dangerous.
Happy Mother's Day Beau's wife! ❤❤
hearing the birds singing outside is messing with my head, because I woke up to SNOW this morning.
and I'm sitting here on the Left Coast in shorts, my sympathies bro
Midwest represent!
Greg Ward I've heard them on Beau's videos before and thought there was a bird in my house! I was surprised the cats were so calm.
See! This proves global warming is a hoax! I read it in the Epoch Times.......BWAHAHAHAHA
Those aren't birds! That's just what 'they' want you to think.
Brilliant analysis once again, Beau! What people are willing to believe and get behind is a foolproof insight into which they are. It never failed me. I used to get into multi-session discussions about facts and evidence until I realized they needed to believe the conspiracy.
Fun fact...we never have control at any given moment. We are all just stumbling through life as best we can. Be kind to each other and live in a way you wont regret.
Another excellent video. Situation awareness.
I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but the conspiracies I've noticed to be true (or maybe it's my brain finding patterns) are mostly due to business interests.
@Eric B, like this gob smacking 'theory' that Covid 19 is caused by.. 5G cell towers? It has incited many to burn down cell towers and specifically more so in the UK! That is an example of harm done by the belief in misinformation.
@@maggierezac5820 Okay, that was poorly worded in my part and I apologize. What I was more going for was the idea that businesses will do the most wretched things to ensure they don't lose money from their bottom lines. Things such as the Business Plot, the dismantling of the Chevy EV-1, or hiding the results of the Pinto crash tests to the higher-ups so as not to re-engineer the car which would cost money.
@@maggierezac5820 I agree but there is proof by doctors online That 5g is bad for the environment and can make people sick. It didn't cause covid19 ,but people have gotten sick near them because they use a certain radiation. The same radiation that kills bees. U don't have to believe me, just look up the effects of 5g on the environment and its side effects.
@@queenartly3323 all BS, 5g is not bad for the environment. The batteries in your cellphone are worse!
Don Anders Which types of 5g tech? High mid or low band?
Certainty is the best path to ignorance, certainty nearly guarantees ignorance.
Hence one of the reasons for religion.
Andre Golden religion is a conspiracy theory!
One of the hundred odd reasons for religion.
Good point. This explains why Christians tend to believe conspiracies more and are self proclaimed "truthers". This is why I've been sucked in,because of my religious upbringing.
"... less than rational, at times." Is possibly the most diplomatic way of saying it.
That's so true. Enjoy the insights. It's very productive. Really enjoy . Thanks😀
Brother Beau I agree with about 90% of what you have to say. That being the case you still make me think and I like that. Keep up the good work sir.
in this respect, you are SOOO much more generous than i am...
For those who have been waiting on the contractor interview, it will happen at this link (I think): czcams.com/video/m0202FTTOks/video.html
Is this a theory or conspiracy ?
Vaxxed
czcams.com/video/Kji5d3MOrQM/video.html
@@scottsmith9438 lol
I'd just like to say, check out the documentary "The Family" on Netflix. Like to be absolutely serious, there have been times in history where those with massive amounts of power choose not to fight amongst each other. Shit, prime example is slave owners in America. The social economic benefit and Hierarchy of class systems was more than enough, in a lot of ways, to keep those at the top were satiated enough that they wouldn't try to create a level of social disorder by unnecessary challenges to one and another authority.
"The Family" Trailer, this is real btw, not some Conspiracy theorist conclusion, but stuff backed up with hard facts.
czcams.com/video/7knN2TXQPzw/video.html
Problems arise because of the fact people look to inform lax or lapses of information about a subject that they don't have, with there own personal emotions and thoughts. *But the idea that there are a bunch of rich people who talk to each other about maintaining control over the country/world, is not insane at all. In fact I would say you'd have to be more insane to think that that doesn't happen. Especially looking at the types of attacks Bernie Sanders himself faced, with such coronation you'd be insane to not notice it.*
Like CNN asked Bernie Sanders why did you say a woman can't be president? And after words, When Warren came up to Bernie and attacked him for calling her a lair with a hot mic, CNN just speculated. BHT THE NEXT DAY THEY SOME HOW "UNCOVERED" THE AUDIO! This entire situation is vastly more evil than you could even imagine. *Like I used to study serial killers and cult leaders as a way to understand the true complexity of the human mind, and I'm telling you right now... that did nothing to prepare me for the evil of a person like Hillary Clinton. A person who can murder tens of thousands of people if not hundreds, and go to brunch afterwards is a level of evil that is near god damn impossible to explain.* Human life means abundantly nothing to a person like her same with George W. Bush, and even Obama. Shit Bill Clinton rode on Jeffrey Epstein's plane 27 times, and Michael Bloomberg is LITERALLYin his "black book" under 4 DIFFERENT NUMBERS! So do you seriously think it's a conspiracy theory that he just happened to be murdered 2 days after being taken off suicide watch?!
And there is another flip side to everything, you said that people want to feel like there is someone in control. *But there is a vastly harder feeling to comprehend, and that is everyone in power(in America) is actually evil and there is no "good" opposition in the world. That thought of there being no good guys I power is a consideration that will keep a person voting Democrat for their entire life.
Ps. The term "Conspiracy Theory" was coined by the CIA. And that sounds like a conspiracy theory.... for the very reason it was created! And that was to take anybody who didn't mindlessly and thoughtlessly accept the narrative of the United States government, as someone who should be socially ostracized, by the general public for means of control.
Seriously think about it. If you're a conspiracy theorist your are automatically outside of the social normative system of behavior and acceptable information. So even if you are right, due to the social context of the term(Conspiracy Theorist), you will be labeled and thus ostracized from the general public so a majority of people will never listen to you or believe you from the get go. So yeah, evil is real, and you might want to recheck some of your own thinking on this. Because just because there is a lot of bad information surrounding a particular subject doesn't mean that the entire idea is wrong, or that you can't discover factual or trust worthy evidence for it.
Ps. God is real also.
Ps. The people who think the lock down is an attempt to take away our freedoms, are absolute idiots... Or the best way to describe them, purely animalistic. The human mind is only possible through the the evaluation of the animalistic complexity we live with and consider/see from everyday. Or in other terms, the only way they know how to see or think about the world is from their own view point, So any piece of information that does not agree with them is automatically an attack on their very conception of the world around them. *Because they lack the complexity of character, to view the world from multiple positions, to consider new possible explanations and answers, so the only way the know how to react is by means attacking the information and the people it comes from that contradict their internal understanding of how the world is supposed to work.*
I.e. Every human being creates a version of what the world is in the back of our mind, and we use that as a mechanism of engagement with the actual world. The more intelligent and come a complex the person is the more complex the internal variation on the world is for that person. But for some people there is literally only one possible world, the one they think is real, and every other version of it is wrong. Not different, but WRONG. And that is where you get a lot of danger, Because people with only one out look on the entirety of all of humanity, and the world around them, will literally kill people over allowing that perception to be overturned.
I think you could probably study cults and see a similar effect where the only comprehension of the world is dictated by a single individual, one who creates a single line of thought and thinking that become the entire basis of worldly observation, and thus leaves his followers completely unable to think or evaluate the world without his perception.... Just a side thought, but yeah those people are stupid.
You might want to reconsider the use of the term 'theory' here, seems you are conflating it with 'story' or 'hypothesis'. A theory is by definition a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation. A theory, insofar as the filed of science is concerned, has reached the pinnacle of objective challenge and testing, whilst still holding true. A common theory - Darwinian evolution or the theory of natural selection for examples, thus becomes a group of linked ideas intended to explain something and provides a overall framework for explaining multiple subsequent observations and assumptions.
Take the assumptions being raised in Plandemic for instance. Here is some actual peer reviewed science and commentary from actual experts in the field. Its pretty clear this wasn’t a lab born virus. It's understandable though why a USA now desperately careening into bankruptcy after all the endless wars, neoliberal driven capture of government, tax relief and social welfare bailouts for big business would want to connive such a claim.
This is what happens when the same dark pools of money and advisors infiltrate and capture both the US and UK government’s. It leads to structural unpreparedness via defunding key initiatives that are precautionary in nature. It leads to systemic vulnerabilities from a population fed almost entirely with GMO's, pesticide-laden carbohydrates, hydrogenated oils, chemical additives, and meat and dairy from mass farmed and butchered animals pumped full of steroids and antibiotics; allied to chronic over-use of over and under the counter pharmaceuticals with the additive stress from being working poor, marginalized and/or discriminated against generally. Then it leads to a callous and incompetence response. The numbers do tell the truth though.
www.factcheck.org/2020/05/the-falsehoods-of-the-plandemic-video/
czcams.com/video/5x_pIgvDLcg/video.html
nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0819-2.pdf?draft=marketing
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stopping-deforestation-can-prevent-pandemics/
medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-scientific-team-unique-mutation-coronavirus.html
www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3080771/coronavirus-mutations-affect-deadliness-strains-chinese-study
phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-coronaviruses.html
www.sciencealert.com/the-cell-types-most-vulnerable-to-infection-by-coronavirus-may-have-been-identified
Science is not only open to scrutiny, it *is* scrutiny. *Constant* scrutiny.
CONSTANT VIGILANCE
I find it very hard to believe there is a plan.
Whether it's the Evil Eye or malicious witchcraft or the obsession du jour, we've always sought explanations for catastrophes, illnesses, dry cows, bad crops, or whatever.
Juliet Fischer, it’s fear of the unknown. We want there to be a reason.
On the other hand, sometimes these "explanations" are shoved down our throat...
www.ae911truth.org/evidence/beyond-misinformation
When someone accuses everyone of stealing, it's usually because they're a thief.
When someone doesn't trust anyone, it's usually because they're not trustworthy ...
well also people with severe emotional trauma from people lying to them, people who used to be emotionally abused tend to have trust issues
there is a point in assholes thinking other people are as exploitative as they are, especially symbol minded settlers
mark prater yes!!!!
@@allgodsnomasters2822 ditto. 👍
If everybody in office thought like you do imagine what a world we would have.
I hate thinking there is a plan, that’s part of the reason why I’m an atheist and don’t believe in conspiracy theories.
"10 seconds ago"
This must be worth something.
Howdy there, Beau.
How ironic there was an ad for the Epoch Times right before this video.
Conspiracy Newspaper.
When any political ads come up on you tube. I click stop seeing this ad.
I usually choose Inappropriate or Irrelevant. About once a month I go through my suggested feed and do that to all the ads I do not want to see.
Now I get ads for the downloads of some video games.
I usually let them run so You Tube algorithm thinks I am interested.
If the phone and the computer are going to listen to me, send me targeted ads etc. At least the dang thing ought to do what I want it to.
That annoying EEEPOCH/EPIC TIMES is the lead into almost all CZcams videos over the last few months! It is an extension and owned apparently by the FOLUN GONG Chinese Cult Group! GOOGLE it my friends!
Nick Arrington I hate it when I get those, or those that ask if you approve of trump or Mitch McConnell. Almost makes me want to smash my phone!
lol You're about to watch a CZcams video "but check THIS out >snapsnap
@@shawnr771 I click the stope seeing ad button every time the Epoch Times ad pops up, which is almost before every single video I watch. It will cancel that specific ad but an Epoch Times ad is sure to be preceding the next video I watch. Is there something I can do to stop seeing any more of them?
"It's hard to lose to something that doesn't really exist."🤔
"It's hard to lose to something that doesn't really exist." Well met, sir.
“Less than rational” 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😁
Thank you Beau of the CIA
The CIA is a fake created to distract people from the truth.
I was thinking he's more like CNN with a beard
Realizing that you can tell how someone is likely to act based on how they assume others will act was such a lightbulb moment for me. Important thing to keep in mind.
In the information age it seems to me that confirmation bias is one of the largest problems. For the first time there is an unlimited amount of information available to support any bias and narrowly focused enough so that you never have to be exposed to anything that doesn't.
Had to block a friend because I couldn't participate in her conversations about cabals, Hillary, pandemic conspiracies, etc.
Had to do that as well. He used to be normal. He's a smart guy, but since he moved back to Tennessee everything is a Dem plot, a Fox news theory, a right wing conspiracy. I just couldn't deal with it anymore. When friends were arguing with him on facebook, he said in the end that he doesn't want to hear any dissenting views.
Before blocking him I just said that if you can't listen to a dissenting view, and debate points on your theories then you know, in your heart, there is something wrong with what you believe. If you can't find evidence to back your theory, you have nothing.
Yup me too, a good friend of mine that I just cant deal with anymore. Benghazi this emails that. Now with the pandemic shes probably crazier than ever. Still i do miss her
Tiresome, isn't it?
Ive had to unfriend and block a few people too more then i ever thought id have to actually
And my BF's elderly father who lives with us is obsessed with these theories
Its impossible to hold a conversation about ANYTHING with in ear shot of him he will turn it into dem thia and Clinton that and kabals and cannibalistic pedophile rings
Since the virus started he has been even worse
NO ONE is allowed to voice a differing opinion or he becomes irrationally aggressive (I am more worried about his own safety as he has had 2 heart attacks and is over 70)
My relationship with my bf will probably end over it because I really don't know how much more I can take
@@samanthanorton538 😥 I'm sorry to hear that. It must be so hard to have it in your home. I'd go nuts as well. That's the interesting thing though. They are so angry, so deeply angry all the time. And they are looking for a fight.
That stupid documentary may very well have set us back 20 years.
Simple Things - What documentary!?
The new Michael Moore one?
Yes, can someone please tell me what it is called? I want to know what insane ideas I will soon be encountering
I think I found it, search: Plandemic the hidden agenda behind covid 19
The Al Gore doomsday?
You guys have no idea how many childhood friends I have lost because of conspiracy theories
I gave up on going to my class reunions.
Everyone worth seeing moved out of state and will never return, the rest might as well be lumps of detritus as they cannot achieve even a simple act of setting up a reunion.
I have a very small circle of association because I just discarded most of the people that were problematic.
Very insightful. Thanks for grounding my worries.
One might as well take the whole psychology away and focus on the underlying call to action and the final means:
- mark an enemy.
- provoke a reaction.
- follow the path towards extinction.
Always good videos, brother.
When I see the facts, no matter what my feelings are, they are what they are. 1+2 will always be 3 no matter what my mother, mayor, governor or president tell me and if I later learn that they've been teaching me 1+2=5, then I have a decision to make: either I continue living a lie or search for the truth.
These are very tough times, brother. In my opinion, we have been set back 60 years by this administration. Never have I seen more division in my 44 years than I have now. All of us better vote in November.
Thanks, I very much appreciate this coherent, thoughtful analysis.
Thanks and well spoken.
trump dingleberries need to watch ALL of your videos sir !
They would try to lynch him from the highest branch and call him "traitor!"
Their brains don't function in a way to comprehend what Beau is saying; they will just take it as an insult, as an attack.
Honestly I think most people should check out this channel.
no point. they can't process it.
If you're going to try to introduce Beau to a right winger, have them start with beaus videos on guns.
And then they will link you to their favorite information spreader because they are spreading the "truth" and the circus continues
I challenge anybody to find 1 intelligent person who believes in QAnon
Maybe they aren't unintelligent, but dishonest.........
You can be any two out of these three:
1) honest and decent 2) intelligent 3) far-right
Man Beau this one is long over due. Well said.
Bread and circus. This pandemic has exposed that many humans get bored easily and being sucked into conspiracy theories and drama is one way to pass the time. They haven’t mastered the art of self entertainment. I’ve never realized how many activities seem to be just time fillers for people who refuse to enjoy the present moment, but only look forward to future events to mark significance in their timeline.
Any person that craves patterns and doesn't stop to reflect on the fact that this proclivity is also itself a pattern must qualify as stupid. I believe that is the technical term. I mean no harm. I would simply like to encourage people to do better. Maybe the system itself has failed us.
Pairadeau Yeah, we all use pattern recognition in our day to day lives to the point where it can be very harmful, or very beneficial. I have had both happen to me and I realize more and more about what I notice and hold on to every day :)
But people have to be self aware and feel empathy, or at the very least guilt, for hurting others. Some of the theorists are not doing so and it makes them seem inhuman for them not to understand how much they hurt people around them.
“ A lie repeated more than a thousand times becomes a truth” someone said. Check out religion over the centuries.
More like, a lie repeated with the use/threat of force behind it. Religion over centuries.
Spirituality equals lies, I don't care about what ancient Greek philosophers thought about it, it's just lies, you learn that in highschool, am I rite
@Ian Ford yes
@@ranz2355 i was being sarcastic my man
Most people like to think they're important, therefore every thing done is TO them when in reality most things are done without the thought of others. Which really is the problem.
Mr Beau this video do throw a light on answering this question of the mindset of MAGA. I do support your thinking with your announcing what I often suspected has me nodding. Keep up your work sir.
Abdicate people! If you're able, pull away from the system. Cut up your cards, buy things that will matter in an upside down reality and learn to live without toilet paper.
When you're of an authoritarian mindset, your enemy, real or imagined, must simultaneously be laughably weak and insurmountably threatening. Doublethink at its worst.
Exactly. Fascists need to create an enemy/scapegoat that is a complete threat to society yet is also a pitiful specimen of humanity.
Fifty-two cards in a deck. Fifty-two weeks in a year. It means something, I tell you. It means something.
It means Douglas Adams was off by 10
Illuminati confirmed.
24 beers in a case. 24 hours in a day.
The sky is blue. The ocean is blue.
"was" is "saw" backwards so the past must be behind us.
@@chaosmarklar
Maybe the week should be 8.7 days and not 7
Seven days in a week and they all end with a "Y". How's that possible?
Only recently found this channel. You are refreshingly eloquent and thoughtful. Cheers from across the pond, Stay safe. :0)
Without discomfort people won't try and improve. Going out of your comfort zone is part of growing as a person. Trying to stay in your comfort zone can be stunting to a person and a community.
Dr.Mike did a debunking of the plandemic as well.
Wish he had gone more in depth though on some of the points he countered
@@VIPandalicious Perhaps, but to be honest, how much time does he really have? He is in New York City in the middle of one of the worst places in the U.S.A. for Covid 19. As for me if I want conspiracy theories I will watch the X-Files or Milenium. I am finding all this crap adds into the problems. I tend to think someone will take it as a message saying hey it's all a conspiracy so I can go out be around people get them sick or dead , because it's a hoax to them, then get some other people sick or dead like their family or other people
Everything is currently chaos, and it does seem to be a pattern. I despair because I am so afraid of another four years of this complete nonsense.
There need not be a pattern for things to be trending badly. Imagine you are very near the center of a room. If you take a step in any random direction, you will be further from the center in almost every case. This means that when things are near the ideal, most available changes are for the worse. A random selection of a direction to go can look like an intentional effort to make matters worse.
Excellent Beau.✨
Very insightful! Awesome!
Also cognitive bias? We see what we fear, o,r want to see...
08:26 By "the German guy" I think you mean "the Austrian guy".
Grimbeard, yeah, but he’s most known for his activities in Germany.
I believe once there’s enough of them they become a culture, and once they become a culture they feel empowered, and feel need to do something regardless of accuracy
I know this is off topic, but no one else has mentioned it. I simply love the ensemble. The sweatshirt coordinated with the beard and Curious George patch is stunning!
and, if I may, the dream garage/workshop that is apparently never worked in as nothing ever shifts place. xx
Spelled traditionally? Not exactly: Ashely Alker, not Ashley Alker.
And what if you don't TWITTER.....what then? A link would be great...
@@vettekkimmy twitter.com/aalkermd/status/1258854151649464321
I thought Ashleigh was the traditional spelling?
@@Vanilla0729 thank you! Beau, please pin a comment with this link (or a link to your tweet mentioning it - twitter.com/BeauTFC/status/1259200875567947776 )... this was surprisingly difficult to find. I'll post a top-level. You can pin it if you like, or make your own.
Who here is wondering what the orange NASA hoodie means?
My theory is that it's a bit to cold for a t-shirt? maybe?
Never A Straight Answer NASA
Which is a popular conspiracy platform.
Maybe a reference to the theory that the earth is flat, or better yet that the moon landing didn't happen. Classic conspiracy theories. And sorry, I accidentally hit the thumb down button instead of reply.
Weird magical thinking. NOT theories, which are the most powerful scientific tools we have. Love your vids Beau!
You consistently and perfectly hit the nail on the head on every topic you discuss.
K. There is no such thing as "god".
cool comment 10 years ago...
@@donHooligan still applies today, and bears repeating...sadly
@@donHooligan Did I miss anything? Did some deity manifest itself somewhere in the last 10 years?
Didn't think so.
Alright that answers that question. Let's pack it up boys and hit the bar! Hans here is buying the first round!
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I'm glad you're doing these videos! I've been wanting you discuss the content of your last couple videos for awhile, so I can share them with my conspiratorial FB friends..lol.
A video on recognizing propaganda, critical thinking, and the twin psychological disabilities of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance , would maybe make for an important video..weve been bombarded by so much information and disinformation it's eroded trust in almost all institutions (some deservedly so) and therefore we all need as many tools as we can get to discern for ourselves what is, if not true, at least the most plausible hypothesis, for the moment..lol.
"Less than rational"" very diplomatic, sir!!
Dude. I just noticed you're up to almost 250k subscribers. That's nuts. I remember when I found your channel there was only about 6k. It actually gives me hope that there might be more logical people out there than I thought🙂
That is still under 1% of the US's population. We know that 1% of any population are idiots. Maybe the other edge of the bell curve is where the subscribers all live.
This was a very good drop Brother!!
Patterns, variable change and direction often are linear in thought.
My friend, at times, "our greatest asset can be our greatest downfall, and that is our ability to clearly reason and think.
Thank you for your views and thoughts!!
GVV
Thank you for your vids bro.
You are brilliant.
Yes, yes they are not smart. They are gullible and fearful and dangerous.
The problem with doctors and medical professionals debunking these theories is the people you are trying to convince don’t believe doctors and medical professionals.
Generally they ignore the blatant corruption and conspiracies in front of them for unprovable spooky ones that aren't necessary to show how bad the institution inherently is without some spooky puppeteers.