Conspiring, Fantastically

 THE EXPRESSION "conspiracy theory entrepreneur", gifted to me by a communications professor, explains much. The massive disinformation culture and industry, consisting in conspiracy theories,alternative global and cosmic paradigms, general denial of verifiable reality in preference for fantasy, is driven, like the world's two oldest profession, by the profit motive, aka capitalism. And, of course, by the millions of soul seekers who purchase the rubbish they sell.  People who possess knowledge unavailable to others save through the possessor are emotionally empowered, and eager to share their esoterica. Anybody who is absolutely sure that a "Galactic Federation" is monitoring us will gladly explain the methods of monitoring. You need only ask. The culture of disinformation/conspiracy theory gives society a nearly unlimited supply of self made gurus with superior wisdom, eager to illuminate the rest of us. the best of the bunch make good money. The very best, Alex Jones, with his extensive radio network and listenership, was at one point compelled to testify, unfortunately for him, under oath. something to do with child paternity. What he said was: "Hey look! I'm just an entertainer. of course I don't believe a word of what i say, Nobody is required to." True enough. The desire to substitute subjective reality for objective reality is humanly inherent, evidently.  We find it irresistible to pretend to understand whatever we are still incapable of understanding. We lack patience. Hence, religion. Hence,conspiracy culture. The entrepreneur sells it, the unwitting sycophantic  victim buys it. As far as we're concerned, Aristotle invented science, simply by noticing that the world has patterns, patterns which can be labeled and categorized. There are those who resent him for this. Damnable science, with its verified, boring look at reality. Where's the fun in that? Aristotle's dimly lit candle began to burn a bit brighter when, in 1543, Copernicus  wrote that the Earth orbits the sun. Wisely he waited until his own death before telling the world this, thus escaping the inevitable wrath of the Catholic church, which Galileo fell prey to seventy five years later merely by confirming Copernicus. You talk you walk. Galileo had a nice house, good, because he spent the rest of his life arrested within it. One must not question religious dogma; sciences thrives on questioning, and improving itself. The superstitious-religious establishment, the church, "pushed back", as we like to say, against Galileo for merely telling the truth. he is not alone, not even today. Thomas Jefferson referred to the christian religion as "our modern superstition". Well, we have even more modern versions, and its all over the internet. Fact check: the U.S. of A. is not governed by a secret cabal of Satan worshiping pedophiles, but, you already knew that, correct? And we're still digging, deep, for those missing votes for you know who. Keep looking.  Science, in short, is the answer, the solution, the antidote to the superstition, religion, misinformation culture, into which so many of which gleefully escape reality. Our current strain of science and reality denial will, at some idyllic future time, vanish, but only if we fight it hard, and hope for the best.