saerow

I was doing something on Myspace the other day when I came upon the profile of a person who is self-named Adam Absinthe, and I was reading some of the stuff he writes and got to thinking.

Is tin-hattery a type of religion too?

It seems to fit the bill. I think of it as sort of like looking at the world with my glasses off. Everything is blurry and out of focus. If I think really abstract, I can see just about anything in the colorful mess that is my natural vision.

It should be about the same way when you look at the world through a swirling mass of six-hundred and sixty seven different inhalants wafting in front of your face, right?

Not to knock AA though. It seems that he has a fairly good sense of self control and work ethic but just wants to look crazy.

Tell me what you think.

~Sae

Rathpig

Without the desire to comment on the specific person you mentioned and their perceived "tin foil hattery": let me say,

Some people make almost anything into a religion, and the conspiracy theories are a ripe area for those who embrace no formal religion to find a psychological crutch. The popularity of the internet has even raised the once rare "tin-foil hat" wearer into a sub-cultural archtype. Strange as it may seem the weird and whacky world of the conspiracy theory has almost become mainstream. Perhaps we should all don our aluminum foil hats because they could be reading our thoughts.

R.,

PinkPanther_04

Some people want to be different. My mom claims to believe that the moon landing was a hoax. I'm not sure she really believes this, but it does garner her some attention, which she loves.

It seems like some people are also hesitant to reject supernatural things or conspiracies, either because they don't want to be perceived (or perceive themselves) as close-minded, or because they really do think that coincidence and anecdotes are enough evidence to base beliefs on. I don't consider most of it crazy, really, just a severe deficit of critical thinking skills.