33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True,

[Stanchetalarooni]

http://www.newworldorderreport.com/Articles/tabid/266/ID/980/33-Conspiracy-Theories-That-Turned-Out-To-Be-True-Why-Do-So-Many-People-Not-Know-These.aspx

Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. However, it has come almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning. To conspire means "to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or to use such means to accomplish a lawful end. "The term "conspiracy theory" is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at stealing power, money, or freedom, from "the people".

To many, conspiracy theories are just human nature. Not all people in this world are honest, hard working and forthcoming about their intentions.Certainly we can all agree on this.So how did the term “conspiracy theory” get grouped in with fiction, fantasy and folklore? Maybe that’s a conspiracy, just kidding. Or am I?


Skeptics are important in achieving an objective view of reality, however, skeptism is not the same as reinforcing the official storyline. In fact, a conspiracy theory can be argued as an alternative to the official or “mainstream” story of events. Therefore, when skeptics attempt to ridicule a conspiracy theory by using the official story as a means of proving the conspiracy wrong, in effect, they are just reinforcing the original “mainstream” view of history, and actually not being skeptical. This is not skeptism, it is just a convenient way for the establishment view of things to be seen as the correct version, all the time, every time. In fact, it is common for "hit pieces" or "debunking articles" to pick extremely fringe and not very populated conspiracy theories. This in turn makes all conspiracies on a subject matter look crazy. Skeptics magazine and Popular Mechanics, among many others, did this with 9/11. They referred to less than 10% of the many different conspiracy theories about 9/11 and picked the less popular ones, in fact, they picked the fringe, highly improbable points that only a few people make. This was used as the "final investigation" for looking into the conspiracy theories. Convenient, huh?




http://www.newworldorderreport.com/Articles/tabid/266/ID/980/33-Conspiracy-Theories-That-Turned-Out-To-Be-True-Why-Do-So-Many-People-Not-Know-These.aspx

[Desertrose]

1. Very convenient.

Good points.

Thx.

[William Seger]

2. Since there wasn't any "conspiracy theory" before any of the events on that list...

... became common knowledge, what that list really shows is how incompetent "conspiracy theorists" are at detecting conspiracies. They spent the whole time barking up the wrong trees.

Thanks.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. But, you know... some CT's are mis-labeled...

For instance, "who killed JFK" is a real question. It came about again after the first decade of Kennedy's assassination when the Assassination Review Board (congressionally led, in follow up to Warren Commission) admitted that it was not a theory that "Oswald did not act alone"... they admitted there was another actor, and this has never ... never gotten to another trial.

Many years later, it's a CT all over again and the :tinfoilhat: insults come out of the woodwork.

This is cognitive dissonance.

[William Seger]

4. "'who killed JFK' is a real question"

... but "conspiracy theory" has come to mean near-religious belief in implausible and unsubstantiated answers.

[zappaman]

5. whatever

I'm just glad Stach keeps finding articles that have been posted numerous times here and then creating a brand new OP with this same info.