The "problem" with conspiracy theorists...

 

Marcel D
July 23th, 2022

Today, we bring you a master class in the company of the neuroscientist Sebastian Dieguez who spoke during the programme "Infrarouge" of the Swiss channel RTS, June 3, 2020. Presented by Alexis Favre, the title of this episode is "Where is the vaccine against conspiracy theories?"

During the debate, the neuroscientist regrets that conspiracy theorists do not follow the herd: "What makes someone a conspiracy theorist is that he does research by himself, he wants to think for himself, he wants to see by himself…” Taken aback by this surreal discourse, journalist Myret Zaki takes Sebastian Dieguez up on this, wondering how it is possible to utter such nonsense.

To this Dieguez replied: “But you can't think for yourself! It is an idea that has been demolished, at least since Kant. It doesn't make sense, you can't think for yourself!”

Did Kant think for himself? The question has not been asked, even by the French Association for Scientific Information, of which Sebastian Dieguez is a member. As for those who tell you what to think, they are behind this very Association and the Prometheus Foundation from whence it draws its inspiration. Their names are: Alstom, Dassault Aviation, Eads, Pierre Fabre, Safran, Sanofi-Aventis, Thales. 

Argh! We really have to stop thinking and looking for ourselves... 

 

Source: https://lemediaen442.fr/le-neuroscientifique-sebastian-dieguez-le-probleme-du-complotiste-cest-quil-veut-penser-par-lui-meme-faire-ses-propres-recherches/