{"id":46652,"date":"2023-09-11T21:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46652"},"modified":"2023-09-11T21:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:58:35","slug":"maybe-they-arent-conspiracy-theorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=46652","title":{"rendered":"Maybe They Aren’t Conspiracy Theorists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Maybe<\/p>\n

Next time someone accuses you of being a conspiracy theorist, look them straight in the eye and with no malice or anything but professional interest, ask, “When did you decide to not know?”<\/p>\n

Because you have to not know something in order to have a game. If you knew everything there would be no game. You could predict everything.<\/p>\n

You would know every move your opponent was going to make before they made it and so counter it.<\/p>\n

You would be 100% cause.<\/p>\n

You would win all the time.<\/p>\n

You would lose interest in life.<\/p>\n

So at one time or another we have all decided to not know in order to have a game.<\/p>\n

But some of have decided to not know a LOT harder than others of us! To the point where they are not even capable of seeing the moves the opponent makes.<\/p>\n

This makes them unable to play a game. They are almost total effect.<\/p>\n

By asking them the question, “When did you decide to not know?” who knows but you might get a small percentage of them to actually look, spot that moment and be capable of knowing a lot more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next time someone accuses you of being a conspiracy theorist, look them straight in the eye and with no malice or anything but professional interest, ask, “When did you decide to not know?” Because you have to not know something in order to have a game. If you knew everything there would be no game. … <\/p>\n

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