Warp wrote:
>   One could go the other way around and say that believing conspiracy
> theories is the opposite of herd behavior.

Actually, it was kind of my point that it *is* herd behavior. But now we 
have lots of people from outside the "herd" pretending to be in the herd.

Sort of like how you can spook a whole herd of horses or birds by having one 
run (or fly) thru the crowd. What's a stampede if not a conspiracy theory 
that someone unknown is attacking members of the group?

And then lions use this to their advantage, having one lioness spook a group 
of animals towards a bunch of other lionesses hiding in the grass. Which is 
kind of what we see with conspiracy theory con-men.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.

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