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THE ORIGINS OF BUSH DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
Hm. I am not sure whether the "conspiration theory addiction" is sucker-only.
One of my colleagues at work is a total nut into conspiration theories. 9/11, Illuminati, New World Order and so on. Basically, we disagree on almost anything with regard to Islam, War on Terror etc.
However, he is no idiot. He is a very capable programmer with master degree in Physics, and he is a very clever person with original research & development ideas, reads Russian etc. Quite a libertarian in economical questions (rarer in Europe than in the US)
The problem with him is precisely his scientific/engineering mindset. He basically refuses to acknowledge that "shit happens" and that a lot of conflicts or international problems stems from short-sightedness of some politician or bureaucrat. He is mentally inclined to search for patterns and frameworks everywhere. Sometimes it borders on ridicule, like claiming that "the US politicians knew that after toppling of Saddam independent Kurds would attack Turkey, provoking military response and that this destabilization would be used to increase military spending of the USA and closer ties with Georgia and Armenia, which would provoke Russia" etc.
Comment Posted By Marian Kechlibar On 8.11.2007 @ 07:20
