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==Overview==
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==About==
 
This page is a list of known [[conspiracy theories]]. For discussion of the idea itself, see [[conspiracy theory]].
 
This page is a list of known [[conspiracy theories]]. For discussion of the idea itself, see [[conspiracy theory]].
 
===Related Pages===
 
===Related Pages===
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* The [[JFK assassination]]
 
* The [[JFK assassination]]
 
* The [[RFK assassination]]
 
* The [[RFK assassination]]
* The [[MLK assassination]]
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* The [[MLK assassination]] [http://www.pdamerica.org/news/item/1491-the-conspiracy-to-kill-mlk-not-a-theory-but-a-fact][http://ctka.net/pr500-king.html] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/jWyvGuEntV7 discussion]): a jury found in 1999 that the US government was behind the killing. This has not been contested.
 
* The [[John Lennon assassination]]
 
* The [[John Lennon assassination]]
 
* The [[Oklahoma City bombing]]
 
* The [[Oklahoma City bombing]]
 
* The [[1993 WTC bombing]]
 
* The [[1993 WTC bombing]]
 
* The [[Lockerbie-PanAm bombing]]
 
* The [[Lockerbie-PanAm bombing]]
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* {{l/wp/alt|Operation Gladio}} "The CIA has responded by noting that Daniele Ganser's sourcing is "largely secondary" and that Ganser himself has complained about "not being able to find any official sources to support his charges of the CIA's or any Western European government's involvement with Gladio". The existence of these clandestine NATO units remained a closely guarded secret throughout the Cold War until 1990, when the first branch of the international network was discovered in Italy."
 
* The [[Pearl Harbor attack]]
 
* The [[Pearl Harbor attack]]
 
* The [[Columbine massacre]]
 
* The [[Columbine massacre]]
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** [http://flight800.org/ flight800.org]: at first glance, this appears to have some pretty solid arguments in favor of a cover-up
 
** [http://flight800.org/ flight800.org]: at first glance, this appears to have some pretty solid arguments in favor of a cover-up
 
** {{wikipedia|TWA Flight 800 alternative theories}}
 
** {{wikipedia|TWA Flight 800 alternative theories}}
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* alien contact
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** '''2008-07-24''' [http://www.news.com.au/news/moon-walker-claims-alien-contact-cover-up/story-fna7dq6e-1111117004632 NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell claims alien contact cover-up] "...he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades."
  
 
'''Queries''':
 
'''Queries''':
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* Why are there so many conspiracy theories?
 
* Why are there so many conspiracy theories?
 
* What is the approximate ratio of theories which remain unproven or disproven to those which prove true? Is there enough data to draw a curve of {likelihood that any given theory will be proven or disproven} over time? (What is the half-life of a conspiracy theory?) Are there any characteristics which make a theory more likely to be resolved sooner? Are there any characteristics which make a theory more likely to be found ''true'' when it is resolved?
 
* What is the approximate ratio of theories which remain unproven or disproven to those which prove true? Is there enough data to draw a curve of {likelihood that any given theory will be proven or disproven} over time? (What is the half-life of a conspiracy theory?) Are there any characteristics which make a theory more likely to be resolved sooner? Are there any characteristics which make a theory more likely to be found ''true'' when it is resolved?
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===silly but amusing===
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* '''2014-12-07''' [http://rocknerd.co.uk/2014/12/07/forget-paul-is-dead-the-beatles-never-existed-apparently/ Forget “Paul is dead”: the Beatles NEVER EXISTED. Apparently.]: several contradictory theories
 
==Theories==
 
==Theories==
 
===Later Proven Valid===
 
===Later Proven Valid===
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* If [[wikipedia:Karen Silkwood|Karen Silkwood]] had died in the Internet era, the theory that she was rammed from behind by agents working for her employer might well have been branded as a "conspiracy theory".
 
* If [[wikipedia:Karen Silkwood|Karen Silkwood]] had died in the Internet era, the theory that she was rammed from behind by agents working for her employer might well have been branded as a "conspiracy theory".
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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===Reference===
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* {{wikipedia|Category:Conspiracy theories by subject}}
 
===Filed Links===
 
===Filed Links===
 
{{links/news}}
 
{{links/news}}
 
===Humor===
 
===Humor===
 
* [http://revisionism.nl/ The Mad Revisionist]: pokes fun at conspiracy theories and [[revisionist history]]. Never mind the "moon landing was a hoax staged by NASA" or "there was no Jewish Holocaust"; try "[http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm THE MOON: A Propaganda Hoax]", "[http://www.revisionism.nl/Jews/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm Do the Jews exist?]" and "[http://www.revisionism.nl/Sept11/Feedback04.html There is no physical, forensic evidence of the existence of the Twin Towers]".
 
* [http://revisionism.nl/ The Mad Revisionist]: pokes fun at conspiracy theories and [[revisionist history]]. Never mind the "moon landing was a hoax staged by NASA" or "there was no Jewish Holocaust"; try "[http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm THE MOON: A Propaganda Hoax]", "[http://www.revisionism.nl/Jews/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm Do the Jews exist?]" and "[http://www.revisionism.nl/Sept11/Feedback04.html There is no physical, forensic evidence of the existence of the Twin Towers]".

Latest revision as of 15:18, 5 February 2015

About

This page is a list of known conspiracy theories. For discussion of the idea itself, see conspiracy theory.

Related Pages

List

substantially investigated

to be investigated

Queries:

  • Are there any major tragic events since approximately 1900 for which no popular "conspiracy theory" exists?
  • Why are there so many conspiracy theories?
  • What is the approximate ratio of theories which remain unproven or disproven to those which prove true? Is there enough data to draw a curve of {likelihood that any given theory will be proven or disproven} over time? (What is the half-life of a conspiracy theory?) Are there any characteristics which make a theory more likely to be resolved sooner? Are there any characteristics which make a theory more likely to be found true when it is resolved?

silly but amusing

Theories

Later Proven Valid

Some conspiracy theories which turned out to be true and are now officially recognized (and are no longer called "conspiracy theories"):

Inconclusive But Taken Seriously

  • If Karen Silkwood had died in the Internet era, the theory that she was rammed from behind by agents working for her employer might well have been branded as a "conspiracy theory".

Links

Reference

Filed Links

Related


Humor