I just can't get why so many bitcoin fans in this forum are believers of conspiracy theories. What about this forum makes it so attractive to believers of conspiracy theories. Furthermore, why do those people think it's a good idea to share obscure theories in a forum about bitcoin?

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In order to protect your bitcoin, you need to be somewhat paranoid as if you are not then there is a greater chance that your money will end up getting stolen. Some people take greater then necessary precautions against theft then are really necessary, however these precautions are generally praised as being good ways to protect yourselves, which results in others to be encouraged to go to crazy extremes to protect themselves against non-existant threats.

maybe because some of the ideas behind bitcoin are the ideas that fuel these conspiracy theorists

I for one Like bitcoin because of the freedom it promotes. When you own a dollar, you own a certain a amount of debt and somebody other than yourself is controlling the dimensions of this debt.  When you own a bitcoin you own a bitcoin. There is no federal reserve printing bitcoins just because mr.satoshi needs to buy more Instagram followers.

Now when you get people that like the idea of freedom, generally people that like to think for themselves are included among them, i.e people that do not buy into everything they are told just because it came pre-packaged in a beautiful media presentation. People that like to research and question and make sense of things through experience and intellect.

Hence free-thinkers are attracted to bitcoin.

Some people generalize free-thinkers under the blanket term "conspiracy-theorists,"  because they do not like to have their beliefs challenged and as a defense mechanism, attack through name-calling with which they themselves hardly understand.

Hence "Why there so many conspiracy theorists here"

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Paranoid people are attracted to bitcoin by nature. There are many different personalities here though.