Stupid conspiracys

[VladG]

Best one I've heard : The earth is actually flat, the sun is a spotlight-ish source of light and heat, space flight is not possible and EVERYTHING that suggests otherwise is a big conspiracy to... well, it's just a conspiracy all right?

GPS is actually a big hoax to make us THINK that the earth is round, any easily observable human made satellite (like the ISS) are probably holograms, or something we don't know exactly what, 100% certain it's NOT a man made hulk of metal.

Water doesn't fall off because the entire flat earth is surrounded by a huge wall of ice that is for some reason impossible to see. Any Arctic exploration is ofc a hoax and part of the conspiracy.

Satellite imagery is, naturally, fake, since we've already established sustained space flight is impossible. Most of the research actually done at NASA isn't spaceflight, it's developing better photoshoping tools.

http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/

Enter and be enlightened, all ye dirty masses.

 

['Record Stops.']

I wish it wasn't already said, but 2012 is a stupid conspiracy.

World hasn't ended before, even when actual scientists feared it would. Y2K anyone? It ain't gonna end because a bunch of Dead native american's calender said it would, those same dead people also couldn't predict that they'd all be wiped out by Foreigners.

Oh and BTW. It's been PROVEN that Mayan Calenders GO past 2012 as of a few discoveries that indicated proof of their existence.

 

[Phasmal]

I think pretty much all conspiracies are mental.

Oh, here's a fucking stupid one. My ex boyfriend believed that Madeleine Mccann was not a real person and the government made her up to distract everyone from... something. Shady business.

 

[ShogunBarbarian]

the pearl harbor conspiracy is among the dumbest ones that I've heard

 

[Ljs1121]

I don't know if it counts as a conspiracy, but scientology's kinda wacked up.

If not then I'll say either the Illuminati or 12/21/2012/The Mayan Calendar.

 

[Hoplon]

The Mayan "prophecy" is the most lunatic one about at the moment.

 

[Nimzabaat]

I believe that scepticism is the most healthy intellectual position a person can hold, so you think I would like this forum. However, laughing at all conspiracy theories is tantamount to whole heartedly believing official versions and narratives. I not suggesting you should believe in some of these theories, just treat the so called 'truth' with the same grain of salt u treat them with

I have to agree with you. While a lot of conspiracy theories are pretty stupid, there are also some out there that make perfect sense to the rational mind.

"The people will believe a big lie, but not a small lie." - Adolf Hitler.

 

[Albino Boo]

Also the that US wants Assange sent to Sweden so that can extradite him when its easier to extradite him from the UK than Sweden.

Not necessarily. Sweden has a history of extraditing people to the US illegally (example: Ahmed Agiza and Muhammadal-Zery. Several 'hackers' have been fighting against extradition to the US in Britain for years. America has had rather... dodgy practices related to extraditing 'criminals' before - (see: extraordinary rendition.) Coupled with the charges against the guy having been dropped until they were suddenly reopened again...

The treaty between the UK allows extraditing on the grounds of reasonable suspicion but the Swedish one requires evidence of an offence presented in open court. The burden of proof is much lighter in the case of the UK. The grounds on which the hackers have been fighting their case have been that they are unfit to stand trial rather than disputing the US right to extradite them. I don't think even the strongest Assange supporter will except sudden claim of Aspergers syndrome at this stage. Ahmed Agiza and Muhammadal-Zery were not extradited to the US but had their claim for asylum rejected and therefore they were returned to their home country. This was done speedily to avoid the stupidity of things like the 5 year legal fight of Abu Hamza.

 

[Tono Makt]

come one come all

we must share the most inane stupid conspiracy theories we have ever heard.

I'll second your Lizard People one, but for me the stupidest one is the conspiracy theory that a tiny sect of a small religion has been conspiring for thousands of years to control the world. Flat out, this is the dumbest one I've heard and quite possibly has the dumbest (and most dangerous) response from some of its proponents; I've never heard of a "sane" person deciding to go beat up someone for being suspected of being a Lizard Person. But "sane" people do go out and beat up (or worse) people for merely being part of that small religion.

 

[FalloutJack]

You fool! You've fallen into their trap because it was actually a conspiracy of the NHK!!!

 

[Esotera]

Vaccination/autism would be a hilarious conspiracy if it wasn't killing hundreds of children...

My favourite conspiracies are the ones that sound sort of plausible. Like I could say that there's a conspiracy by Western nations to continue toppling a lot of regimes in the Middle East by providing funding to rebels, and training with special forces, and I have very little evidence for that. But I still think it's probably happening in Syria, and we'll find out in a few years

 

[Legion]

I believe that scepticism is the most healthy intellectual position a person can hold, so you think I would like this forum. However, laughing at all conspiracy theories is tantamount to whole heartedly believing official versions and narratives. I not suggesting you should believe in some of these theories, just treat the so called 'truth' with the same grain of salt u treat them with

True enough.

Then again, I am like that anyway. I assume all conspiracy theories are deluded nonsense, and everything a politician says to be self serving lies.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

Vaccination/autism would be a hilarious conspiracy if it wasn't killing hundreds of children...

You are definitely going to have to elaborate on that.

 

[Roguelike]

Vaccination/autism would be a hilarious conspiracy if it wasn't killing hundreds of children...

When Penn & Teller covered it I was actually horrified they found doctors that believed it

 

[Esotera]

You are definitely going to have to elaborate on that.

Ok, I thought it was common knowledge, but here is a summary:

- Some doctor publishes a paper in a respected medical journal, suggesting that there is a link between a vaccine routinely used on children and autismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine_controversy
- The paper is later retracted, the doctor is stripped of his medical license, because the study was complete bullshit and wouldn't even pass for first year undergraduate work
- Lots of studies show that the risk of developing autism after taking the MMR jab does not increase; babies who developed it would have got it anyway, without the jab.
- Parents don't care because of very emotional anecdotal evidence, and refuse to vaccinate their children, and also start to do so with other vaccines
- Incidence of preventable diseases such as mumps begins to rise, which can have serious complications

 

[Chairman Miaow]

You are definitely going to have to elaborate on that.

Ok, I thought it was common knowledge, but here is a summary:

- Some doctor publishes a paper in a respected medical journal, suggesting that there is a link between a vaccine routinely used on children and autismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine_controversy
- The paper is later retracted, the doctor is stripped of his medical license, because the study was complete bullshit and wouldn't even pass for first year undergraduate work
- Lots of studies show that the risk of developing autism after taking the MMR jab does not increase; babies who developed it would have got it anyway, without the jab.
- Parents don't care because of very emotional anecdotal evidence, and refuse to vaccinate their children, and also start to do so with other vaccines
- Incidence of preventable diseases such as mumps begins to rise, which can have serious complications

Oh OK, I thought you were implying that vaccinations were a conspiracy and didn't work, and that autism wasn't real.

 

[Captain Anon]

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