Conspiracy Corner
I started this convo but it turned into a news service on anything suspicious i spotted on the net or on tv. Its amazing what people will call conspiracy these days. I could assemble a list of about ten things, all well known, that you will call conspiracies, however they are all factual with official evidence widely accepted by historians and scientists.
Heard any good conspiracies? Or perhapse you have descoverd one on your own. Lets try and disprove them together and see if we actually get something interesting out of it at the end.
Do you know someone who is:
1. Mistrustful of others
2. An outsider or loner from general society
3. Prone to making assumptions
Then they are likely to be a conspiracy theorist, they you shouldn’t be offended by your profiling, there are good reasons why they exist, and will always exist. But the above explains why they feel drawn to conspiracies, which for them are a method of explaining the world without having to trust it. The most influential part to their psychology is the assumption making, which re-enforces their mistrust. But this is a problem that everyone has to face in their own way.
Below are some resources to help with drawing the right ‘information’ and use it undoubtedly and effectively.
http://www.criticalthinking.org.uk/
http://www.austhink.org/critical/ - mirror
http://www.idebate.org/debate/start_debate_club.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
Other descusions started by me:
The International Daring Syndicate
http://fans.askaninja.com/forum/topic/show?id=1181368%3ATopic%3A267482
Ultimate Challange: Construct a Country
http://fans.askaninja.com/forum/topic/show?id=1181368%3ATopic%3A266298
Heard any good conspiracies? Or perhapse you have descoverd one on your own. Lets try and disprove them together and see if we actually get something interesting out of it at the end.
Do you know someone who is:
1. Mistrustful of others
2. An outsider or loner from general society
3. Prone to making assumptions
Then they are likely to be a conspiracy theorist, they you shouldn’t be offended by your profiling, there are good reasons why they exist, and will always exist. But the above explains why they feel drawn to conspiracies, which for them are a method of explaining the world without having to trust it. The most influential part to their psychology is the assumption making, which re-enforces their mistrust. But this is a problem that everyone has to face in their own way.
Below are some resources to help with drawing the right ‘information’ and use it undoubtedly and effectively.
http://www.criticalthinking.org.uk/
http://www.austhink.org/critical/ - mirror
http://www.idebate.org/debate/start_debate_club.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
Other descusions started by me:
The International Daring Syndicate
http://fans.askaninja.com/forum/topic/show?id=1181368%3ATopic%3A267482
Ultimate Challange: Construct a Country
http://fans.askaninja.com/forum/topic/show?id=1181368%3ATopic%3A266298
Tags: conspiracy, debate, government, religion
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Permalink Reply by PseudoNinja on
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Crop Circles
Ok, keeping well away from the alien debate, while studying A-level Biology i came across a particular fact;
An excess of Nitrogen Fertiliser can cause plant stems to become weak and sometimes bend over, it occurred to me that the farmers that own the fields that the crop circles appear in, have access to these chemicals, and would be able to spread the fertiliser in the desired shape before the seeds have even sprouted, thus not attracting suspicion.
Of course I later found out that the chemicals would have been spread around by the rain, and that infact it was not the farmer but his bored teenage son that was creating them with a plank, but the idea is till plausible.
Id like to know how the pranksters were so accurate with their process, because they can only be seen from above and you wouldn’t know if you had got it right.
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Hello?!?!?!
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Permalink Reply by J on -
I would think that some may use GPS.... I know that's how someone around here creates a maze in corn fields... If not... Random? Hehe... But that's unlikely...
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They didn’t have GPS when it was started. I have another discussion about aliens. I don't believe in it all, by the way.
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Permalink Reply by J on
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Hehe... Well if aliens are making crop circles... We should just accept whatever fate we have as inevitable........... After fighting against their cruel, extraterrestrial tyranny........ Xenophobia :D
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Hey, don't knock Xenophobia's, i have some against spiders... and Nazi's... and gay people.
Now if you showed me a sexually confused arachno-Nazi....
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Permalink Reply by J on
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I would hate to see that... O.o... Any strange conspiracies other than crop circles? Personally, I'm out...
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Permalink Reply by Tj Tengu on -
Hey! 3 out of 3 of the criteria define me! Did you do that on purpose, Psuedo?
On conspiracies, I have only this: The Vatican is helping the automotive industry make cars that seem to be emitting less pollutants. The cars are actually producing different ones that cannot be registered on the current tech. Why would the Vatican be involved in this. you say? When the earth is near destroyed and the polar caps are almost gone; the shadowy puppeteers known as the College of Cardinals hope to have a flood of converts. Think about it. If they start crying about Noah and why didn't you listen . . .
At least that is what one of the many voices tell me. >:)
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No i did it by accident! ... Or is it a conspiracy!? lol
I think i know the answer thanks to an informative documentary. The Duke of Edinburgh (who married the Queen) began talking to cardinals, churches and charities of the Church of England about environment conservation. He said that as they believe the world was created by god they out to be doing something to preserve it. It is likely his policies have reached over to the Vatican. The reason the cars produce other pollutants is probably because… religious people don’t make good engineers.
See? Never let anyone tell you that the royals don’t do good work!
I prefer them over Brown any day, but I think their area of best use is probably right where they are. Most monarchies die out, sometimes literally. Their popularity declines and they are overthrown by some terd in a fancy hat. Its good that the English monarchy hasn’t gone the same way. They are very important public icons and diplomats around the world. Its not like you can replace them, no one ells is qualified. Especially not that terd in a suit Brown!
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9/11
This is a good conspiracy to sink your teeth into. I however am far too lazy to research everything myself... because i know that it still doesn’t matter. Don't get me wrong, i want the truth. I just know the difference between credible and incredible information. (i made up another motto!)
Warning! The following may make you feel sad.
They aren't even in the same league as a conspiracy, they only report the facts but it seems that sometimes the facts aren’t enough. This is they loudest warning your ever likely to hear out loud
The most telltale thing in the entire movie is the reaction from the Whitehouse.
If you didn’t get it here then go to:
zeitgeistmovie.com.
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