The Hall of Fire

The 2020 election continues. Today, Maricopa County, Arizona is recounting its ballots. Again. Because Arizona's state board of elections, egged on by conspiracy theorists , just can't accept that Biden won. So they've hired a firm called Cyber Ninjas, whose owner himself was peddling conspiracies ...

I have never encountered Markham Nolan before. Does he provide instructions on how to identify disinformation, misinformation and falsehoods broadcast/published by established media organisations? Does he explore why compromised legacy media should be avoided in favour of irreverent, unbeholden new ...

I will give an edxample of a widely ridiculed conspiracy. An official narrative is given for an event that required a completely new physical phenomenon to make the official narrative coherent. Subsequently, a multiple year study of the event concludes that the official narrative is false, and prov...

What, then, would you call a theory that directly contradicts an official narrative, provides the evidence why the official narrative is wrong, provides an explanation that accords with recorded events, but is dismissed? Depends on the evidence. How about the results of years of investigation, by e...

Comments like? I made a point that IF you know what is and isn't a true theory just by its label, you must be omniscient. My apologies for insulting you. It was not meant. It was an ironic statement about knowledge, but clumsy. Again, I apologise. Rather when an idea fits the definition of a CT - &q...

That is an interesting definition. It appears to boil down to "a theory is only a conspiracy theory if it is false." Who decides truth and falsity? Furthermore, it also suggests that those who determine truth (who they?) are the arbiters of what is labelled a conspiracy theory. quis custod...

Frelga wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:32 pm Well, obviously Finland isn't based on fact, since it doesn't exist.

We do need a concise way to say that something is nonsense based on a set of criteria that don't have to be listed every time. Words are cool like that. Not so cool when they are employed to deceive. What is the similarity between the Nonexistence of Finland and the coverup of the Finders Cult? I w...

Very true, and by marrying nonsense with truth under the umbrella label "conspiracy theory", that truth is rendered difficult to believe, and is consequently dismissed.

And the guilty go free.

Today I learned that there is a conspiracy theory claiming that Finland does not exist and is a hoax created by USSR and Japan. :abducted: You highlight what I suggest is a fundamental problem with the term “conspiracy theory”; its scope. What better way to bury genuine events than consign them to ...

Hey guys, so its been a while since we did one of these. Funnily enough I feel like The Hobbit Movies have far more opportunity to make a successful fan edit as they are quite bloated and contain too much, rather than missing details. Once again, the usual rules apply. You must own a copy of the or...

The definition of "authoritarian" is, as I am sure you well know, "favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom." And how is strict obedience enforced? The authoritarian regime favours the stick over t...

Most everywhere. It infests political discourse. You appear to be proposing that discussing Russia is inappropriate for this forum. I find that strange. :scratch: Do you not find it interesting that Russia is held in such opprobrium whilst Saudi Arabia isn't? That Russia defending Donbass is of grea...

Because it is Russia, specifically, that is being attacked.

I split off the discussion about Conspiracy theories to a separate thread. I quite understand why, however my input wasn't about conspiracy theories, but about language, its usage, and how it influences on a subliminal level. If I'd wanted a topic about conspiracy theories, I would have started one...

I don't know whether I would say that Russia is "more responsible for the world's ills" than any other nation, but based on the information available to me it is clear that Russia is currently a highly authoritarian society that does not tolerate any form of opposition or dissent and enga...

That's a pity, Voronwë. He cites CIA documents from 1967 that are now in the public realm. His is but the latest reference. I thought something recent(ish) would suffice. You weren't trying to sneakily cast aspersions on his learning, were you? :shock: :D elengil, I engaged with this topic originall...

And I respect your opinion, but do the facts bear out the implication Putin and Russia are more responsible than any other nation for the world's ills?

To be fair, you haven't mentioned any sources, period. What, specifically, would you require sourcing? To be honest, I'm not sure what source is needed to support the statement all nations should be held to the same standard and any inherent personal bias recognised and addressed. There really shou...

Citation? "Conspiracy Theory in America" by Professor Lance Dehaven-Smith. 2013 The term "conspiracy theory" may apply in the extremes, but it is not restricted to the extremes. Furthermore, by your acceptance of Corey Feldman's evidence, you validate the QAnon conspiracy theory,...