One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.
I love conspiracy theories. I used to just live on it. You know it's all hype and garbage, but you're still really paranoid afterwards. It's fun entertainment.
People love conspiracy theories.
Speculation replaces fact. It's very easy to see news outlets running with information that is unconfirmed or erroneous.
You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened.
Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment.
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.
The biggest thing is to create a product that consumers find useful. As more and more people like something, it becomes harder and harder to have a conspiracy theory about it.
I think one of the reasons that we like conspiracy theories is I think that we like to feel like there is a group of people who are so smart and powerful that they can pull the wool over an entire country or in fact even an entire world's eyes. That certainly makes us feel like somehow we're protected, even if it's not in our best interest.
Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.