The dangers of conspiracy theories: why do we fight them?

Where there are no answers, there is a primordial space for questioning.

Conspiracy theories are created to deceive people. Whether it is simply out of belief or with the aim of passing on a political message, some people are willing to share their ideas with the world, without knowing their veracity.

However, humans have always found new ways to understand each other and their environment. This allows us to live in a world, together, in the best way possible.

There are several ways in which conspiracy theories can be harmful.

Firstly, conspiracy theories harm our humanity through direct action. For example, some people still refuse to protect themselves from HIV, believing that it was created in a laboratory for genocidal purposes on African populations. We see a similar pattern developing in relation to the Sars Covid 19 vaccine. People are putting their lives at risk, in the belief that they are protecting themselves.

Moreover, these theories set up conflicts between different perspectives. This is a matter most appealing to us, particularly in our line of work. Theories break ties between people, as well as between nations. Some conspiracy theories still exist to contribute to political conflicts that are over 50 years old.

We want to give back to communication and information its first goal: to contribute to humanity and to a whole.

At least, information allows us to understand the world, the actions, and the different identities that we come across throughout our lives. Through this, we try to find ourselves too. In this day and age, we see conspiracy theories as an easy way of thinking. We might find relief at the sight of answers that we do not possess. The easy way out is to take the entirety of those answers, and to fully internalize them.

We believe that there are no right answers to unresolved questions, as long as we know we have the right to reflect on them, and to think about our truth.

This truth will constitute an identity and an environment that will be adapted to it. That is why this reflection, imposed by a lack of answers, is essential. It is at the origin of people, and our environment.

If this truth is deceived by false answers, or by a reflection that does not belong to us, we will believe it more easily, and make it our own truth. In our quest for answers, if we are offered one, we will easily choose it to avoid questioning ourselves.

Finally, we must not forget that we don’t possess the answers to everything. We know even less what is in the mind of others. So, let’s accept these unanswered questions, because they are the space dedicated to our identity and our environmental construction. Where there are no answers, there is a primordial space for questioning.

If we want to get along and experience less conflict, it might be time to believe, not only in one another, but in ourselves. This will allow us to avoid all sorts of informative dodges for our own good and that of our environment.