The Blab Factor
When it comes to conspiracy theories, I've always held to the belief that nobody can keep their mouth shut. I call it The Blab Factor.
In a world with book deals, television appearances, and exclusive story payoffs that all can lead to instant fame, sometimes brief other times extended well beyond what is justifiably tolerable, the temptation to blab is just too much.
Warren Kozak's article The Conspiratorial Mind covers this aspect of conspiracy theories and looks at what might be going on in the minds of people who believe these theories.
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[T]he one thing I am sure of is that people will always talk and people in Washington talk more than most. It's usually out of ego, less often from guilt. Now imagine a conspiracy on the magnitude of the Kennedy assassination that has not leaked for 43 years involving, according to conspiracy theorists: the CIA, Lyndon Johnson, the mafia, the Cubans, the Russians, the extreme right wing, the extreme left wing, and Southern segregationists. It defies human nature - and logic. But logic is completely irrelevant when it comes to conspiracy thinking. |