Aug 13
The Perception of Conspiracy
I went to Outback the other night and while there, I overheard a conversation at a table had been created to accommodate a large crowd that was probably a little too close to my own. The conversation held an important lesson about conspiracy theories and how easy it is to go off half-cocked on assumptions.
The person who caught my attention was dressed in a set of scrubs and was apparently a hospital employee or at least worked in the medical profession in one capacity or another.
At one point, he started talking about hypertension and heart disease. It was an odd topic for this person to bring up, since he sat there eating a Bloomin’ Onion, that famous appetizer that happens to be one of the most calorie-loaded treats you can find at any restaurant. In any event, I heard him say that the way to beat heart disease comes down to just taking an aspirin every day.
“But they don’t tell you that,” he said.
Who is they?
Surely he doesn’t mean doctors! I know of plenty of doctors who advise their patients to take a baby aspirin every day to reduce the risk of a clot, and thereby, heart attack and stroke.
Surely he doesn’t mean the drug manufacturers themselves! They run commercials that come right out and tell you that their aspirin is a good regimen for heart health or that their aspirin can save your life if you take one at the start of a suspected heart attack.
Maybe he has never been told this, so he assumes that no one else has. Still, it’s a reckless statement for someone in the medical profession to make, because it implies that anyone can get by with a clean bill of health by just popping that one daily pill. That is clearly not the case. But he didn’t tell his associates that piece of information.
So what’s his motive?
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August 13th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I think his motive is to sit there and eat a bloomin’ onion, at 2,210 calories and 134 fat grams per person without feeling guilty!!!!
suzy
August 14th, 2007 at 8:53 am
He’s simply the kind who tries to make himself look big by implying that he’s privy to all sorts of secret knowledge.
Such people are uniformly seen as doofuses.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I’m with suzy on this one, with the exception that, in the necessary order of all good conspiracy theorists, he is also trying desperately hard to convince you that he is completely correct and without need for rational defense. As if he had any.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Just wanting to look important enough to be on the “inside” of yet another govt conspiracy to withhold information from the public. De