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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2642664, member: 15588&quot;]I at least learned a new term by reading this thread: &quot;woo woo.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not particularly annoyed by this &quot;woo woo&quot; stuff. Some of it is at least anthropologically fascinating, entertaining or enlightening about human psychology and epistemology. I sometimes watch conspiracy videos for fun or simply as an argumentative self-challenge: can they convince me? What is the evidence? Is there any? What are the counter arguments? Etc. It can be fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, no one really knows what will happen. No one knows the future. But some people <i>think</i> that they know. Those who don&#039;t at least entertain possible alternative future outcomes may find themselves surprised or caught off guard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t count how many people told me in the years running up to 2007 - 2008 that the US housing market would <i>never</i> crash. I didn&#039;t believe it at the time, either, but I at least thought it was <i>possible</i>. And it definitely was, as we found out. Do I think the US economy will collapse? I don&#039;t <i>think</i> it will, but I don&#039;t <i>know</i> whether it will or won&#039;t, either. Ultimately, I really don&#039;t know. No one does. To entertain the idea isn&#039;t irrational. To live one&#039;s life as if it&#039;s an inevitability is probably going too far, as is, arguably, living with the opposite conviction.</p><p><br /></p><p>So &quot;woo woo&quot; has its place as well. Don&#039;t take it too seriously, but also embrace it for the very human activity that it is. People like to speculate and form theories. At least they&#039;re being creative. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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