conspiracy Definition and 8 Threads

https://academicminute.org/2022/11/joel-frohlich-university-of-tubingen-how-to-spot-pseudoscience-in-an-age-of-conspiracy-theories/

What is the formal definition of the line between insane conspiracy theories and credible human rights violations? What usually distinguishes the two, and makes some rational, and others not? For example, 9/11 conspiracy theories don't seem to be credible nor believable at all. However, US...

Conspiracy of the “Intellectuals” Conspiracy of the “Intellectuals” I claim that most twentieth century intellectuals engaged, most probably unwittingly, in a cabal to accentuate reason and to denigrate emotion for the purpose of accentuating human “god-like” characteristics and denigrating...

Okay, since Wolram uses all sorts of expressions and words that we Yanks can't understand, like brittle pegs, which means sore legs, I think, we need to create some new words that we Yanks can use agin the Brits. Here is my first suggestion: Vaseline - wienerschlicker.

First- I definitely believe we landed on the moon. But is there any real evidence? Pictures, rocks, and huge, expensive shuttles aren't conclusive evidence, are they? David

[SOLVED] Tom DeLay: Indicted on conspiracy charges http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-DeLay-Investigation.html?hp&ex=1127966400&en=2cf6902ed6f45124&ei=5094&partner=homepage Who's surprised? :-p

"Even today -- the 34th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, the first arrival by astronauts on the lunar surface -- there are people who think the whole program was a sham." http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6350437.htm

My biology teacher who seems to hate biotechnology said that "SARS is possibly a product of biotechnology that went wrong!" and things like that, persuading the whole class to believe it. I don't know much about biotechnology/SARS but I don't think what my teacher said is true because I've...