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Just for reference this was in Titled FINANCE, not Politics.
And I apologize for the digression, but someone brought up a good question:
And quite a question indeed.. where does rational thought end and paranoia begin? I think its precedent.
Since all rational thought is based on induction (not deduction) if we see something often enough it becomes more and more likely it if is possible.
I drop a ball once, and it falls.
I drop a ball twice, and it falls.
I drop a ball thrice and it falls.
Logic at the first step might tell us that it is paranoia to believe that it will fall again. Logic at the third step becomes less and less paranoid and more and more rational.
There's a reason there's another post about "What happened on 911" in Tilted Paranoia. Everyone has their grievances with the government, but what precedent has been set that I should believe the government was massively coordinating a strike on the WTC? It could ALL be true for all I know, but I've not lost that much faith in my government yet.
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