Conspiracies

Conspiracy Theories

[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUS9vRCc2Xc] [|http://www.america.gov/st/webchat-english/2009/May/20060828133846esnamfuaK0.2676355.html] [|http://www.america.gov/st/webchat-english/2009/May/20060828133846esnamfuaK0.2676355.html] || [] [] [] [] || [|http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1860997,00.html] [|http://www.ispauldead.com/] [|http://taz4158.tripod.com/mac.html] || [|http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1721] || [] [] [|http://science.howstuffworks.com/moon-landing-hoax.htm] [|http://batesmotel.8m.com/] [|http://www.realitysandwich.com/kubrick_apollo] || [] [] [] [] || [] [] [] || [] [] ||
 * Conspiracy Theory || Resources/Links ||
 * 9/11 Bombings || [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories]
 * JFK Assassination || [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories]
 * Paul McCartney is Dead || []
 * Paul McCartney is Dead || []
 * The Reptilian Elite || []  []  [] [|http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1861029,00.html]
 * Moon Landing Hoax || [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5MVVtFYTSo]
 * Princess Diana || [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuOb6qeE8v0]
 * Crop Circles || [][]
 * Global Warming is a fraud || [][]

The more of these that are present, the less likely it is that the theory is factual.
 * The 10 Commandments - how to spot a conspiracy theory. **
 * 1 || Connecting the dots - linking events or facts that are mostly likely not causally connected. ||
 * 2 || Superhuman powers - those involved need special or extreme abilities to pull it off. ||
 * 3 || Complexity - successful completion requires a large number of unlikely elements to be true. ||
 * 4 || People - requires a huge amount of people to be involved, and to keep quiet. ||
 * 5 || Grand ambition - seeks control over a nation, a people or... the world! ||
 * 6 || Moving on up - jumps from small, possible events to large, unlikely events. ||
 * 7 || Assigning meaning - small, innocent events are given serious, sinister meanings. ||
 * 8 || Facts and speculations - are not distinguished carefully. ||
 * 9 || They're all guilty - indiscrimminate suspicion of all politicians/all leaders/all organisations etc. ||
 * 10 || Stubbornness - ignoring or refusing to consider alternative explanations/ rejecting disconfirming evidence. ||