Human beings are pattern-seeking mammals, which is a very good thing about us. However, this can lead oftentimes lead to people preferring a conspiracy theory over no theory at all; a very bad thing about us.
This is why the conspiracies surrounding 9/11 continually baffle me. There was never a question as to what happened - every reasonable person knew right away what we were dealing with here. Everyone knew immediately that this was the result of Islamic fundamentalists backed by theocratic Saddamist fascism. There wasn't even a whiff of a thought leading to anything else, save by a few stoners like Michael Moore and his legion of brain-dead followers.
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