Conspiracy Theories

Regnenth · **Posted:** June 5th, 2010, 7:41 pm

Ok, so the area where I live was under a tornado warning for most of today. This is what normally happens when there's a warning/watch for severe weather: The warning comes in, everyone sits around all day for something fun to happen, nothing happens. Well, my sister heard the warning and started freaking out that we needed to hurry to the basement and stay there all day. My response was (by the way I was completely joking around when I said this) "Severe weather warnings are created by the government so that the companies that make the products found in most emergency kits, like bottled water, flashlights, batteries, etc. can make more money from idiots who freak out at the slightest hint of thunder because they know that said idiots will run to the nearest Wal-Mart and buy the products. Thus, this makes those companies make more money, and the stores they buy the products from make more money. It's all a conspiracy." I finished my statement and I realized something...that actually kinda made sense. So I wanna know, how many of you believe some conspiracy theories?

Adbot · **Posted:** June 5th, 2010, 7:41 pm

ryan1 · **Posted:** June 5th, 2010, 10:00 pm

Depends on the theory. The theory that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job by some elite group of people who secretly run the government and want to rule the world is a bit far fetched and hard to believe. Others, like that major corporate interests are poisoning our political system (which is hardly a conspiracy theory, as it's pretty much out in the open), are much easier to buy.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

I tend not to believe them, even if they are logical/make sense. Many times people will go back and analyze an event and find new evidence or learn something new that takes more credibility away from conspiracy theories and gives it to the most widely believed theories that give the best explanation for something happening. I'd rather do the research myself than believe a theory somebody else came up with, either out of the blue or with their own research.

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

no, i don't believe 99% of them. They do make sense but are just hard to believe

Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** June 6th, 2010, 10:18 am

Some of them are plausible, but a lot (see: 9/11 was staged, Moon landing was faked, the Earth is flat) are just too out there with no solid evidence.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Well, the earth being flat wasn't as much a conspiracy as it was unknown. Although, at the time, many people had suspicions that the world was round even before Columbus and his famous voyages. Even Eratosthenes back in ancient Greece estimated the circumference of the earth to approximately 39,690 km, an error of less than 1% to the actual circumference of the earth. Pretty awesome stuff.

Adbot · **Posted:** June 7th, 2010, 8:28 pm

dafin0 · **Posted:** June 7th, 2010, 9:34 pm

ryan1 wrote:

Depends on the theory. The theory that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job by some elite group of people who secretly run the government and want to rule the world is a bit far fetched and hard to believe. Others, like that major corporate interests are poisoning our political system (which is hardly a conspiracy theory, as it's pretty much out in the open), are much easier to buy.

As an american myself, i beleive that the attacks were inhumane, wrong and shouldn't have happened. With that being said, I agree with your above post. It would take alot of "hushing up" and "bribing senators" for something like that to happen. To be honest, id rather beleive the event didnt happen.

As for the whole conspiracy thing, I'd say i do beleive that there are some "unexplained circumstances" in other conspiracies. Take "A-51" for example. In the US, there are people that think they know that the government has aliens or whatever down there, when in fact, they probably get the stuff from conspiracy websites. In true actual fact, They wouldn't even get to the gates before they either got shot, or arrested.

The conspirator that said the moon landing was a fake is so unbelievably stupid. N.A.S.A wouldn't do something like that.

Cheers, dafin0 :lol:

Ranging God · **Posted:** June 8th, 2010, 8:25 am

Well the Russians were full of them at one point huh? haha

I think that the cover up alien ones are completely true. Face it people, aliens are real! I have a friend from Kuwait who is 100% set on that American was in on 9/11, which I personally think is crap.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** June 8th, 2010, 11:12 am

Eh..naa.

Theres always way to many elements and unexplained questions for them to be real.

Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** June 8th, 2010, 6:31 pm

Duke Juker wrote:

Well, the earth being flat wasn't as much a conspiracy as it was unknown. Although, at the time, many people had suspicions that the world was round even before Columbus and his famous voyages. Even Eratosthenes back in ancient Greece estimated the circumference of the earth to approximately 39,690 km, an error of less than 1% to the actual circumference of the earth. Pretty awesome stuff.

I was referring to present day that still believe the earth is flat. Look up Flat Earth Society if you want more information.

Earth · **Posted:** June 12th, 2010, 12:36 pm

dafin0 wrote:

As an american myself, i beleive that the attacks were inhumane, wrong and shouldn't have happened.

Wasn't that the point of the attacks?

The Lincoln-Kennedy secretary thing is kinda cool, but I don't think it's a conspiracy. That's probably the closest one that I would think would be a conspiracy that I've heard, so no I don't believe any of the ones I've heard.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Rune Beast0 wrote:

Duke Juker wrote:

Well, the earth being flat wasn't as much a conspiracy as it was unknown. Although, at the time, many people had suspicions that the world was round even before Columbus and his famous voyages. Even Eratosthenes back in ancient Greece estimated the circumference of the earth to approximately 39,690 km, an error of less than 1% to the actual circumference of the earth. Pretty awesome stuff.

I was referring to present day that still believe the earth is flat. Look up Flat Earth Society if you want more information.

I wouldn't call it a conspiracy unless it was a theory about something unknown. Obviously, it's been proven the earth is round. Why not acknowledge the earth is round?