Post on 01-Jan-2016
Conspiracy Theories
• Three Questions1. How did it develop?2. Why so popular and compelling?3. How to evaluate its veracity?
Area 51, UFOs & Human Hybrids
• The claim:– The government has a secret
facility involving aliens and alien technology
“Chemtrails”
• The claim:– Contrails are really a government
operation pumping chemicals into the sky for weather modification and poisoning the population
9/11 Conspiracies
• The claim:– A vast group of people
(government, oil businesses, etc) either knew of the impended attacks and refused to act, or intentionally engaged in the act themselves.
Kennedy Assassination
• The claim:– A criminal conspiracy involving the
CIA, KGB, Mafia, FBI, Vice President Johnson, Castro, and the military killed the president and framed Oswald