Decoding Our Obsession with Conspiracy Theories

[NPT]

That's the title of an article by a man who has investigated many conspiracy theories and found most are false and a handful are real. The conspiracy theorists here should read it - though, of course, they believe what they believe is real so they're not a conspiracy theorist. So maybe everyone should read it and get some idea how conspiracy theories are formed and spread and maybe, just maybe, recognize that some of what they believe may not actually be true:

"Trust No One"

Decoding Our Obsession with Conspiracy Theories

www.justthefacts.media

Interesting. I am a skeptic by nature when it comes to a lot of things. The government lies/distorts a lot of things then we have a press where everyone seems to have an agenda. They may or may not lie to us but don't tell us the whole truth which, in my opinion, is the same as a lie. Even with that there is still a lot of conspiracies that I just don't believe without even researching them because they don't make sense to me.

 

[NPT]

There isn’t a chick on the planet I would hook up with if Don jr was in her history

So you would rather have Hunter in her history huh? 🤣

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Anyone want to try and explain this?

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Aliens

 

[HurryingHoosiers]

Interesting. I am a skeptic by nature when it comes to a lot of things. The government lies/distorts a lot of things then we have a press where everyone seems to have an agenda. They may or may not lie to us but don't tell us the whole truth which, in my opinion, is the same as a lie. Even with that there is still a lot of conspiracies that I just don't believe without even researching them because they don't make sense to me.

I agree government and media should be better about telling the truth without spinning or purposely omitting key details

However it is a bit of stretch saying that everything equals everything. Being truthful but purposely leaving out key details is bad... Flat out lying is worse....which is why Fox News has had to pay out multiple settlements when called out on their lies.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I agree government and media should be better about telling the truth without spinning or purposely omitting key details

However it is a bit of stretch saying that everything equals everything. Being truthful but purposely leaving out key details is bad... Flat out lying is worse....which is why Fox News has had to pay out multiple settlements when called out on their lies.

Correct. Why nothing compares to the president Dems and media lies and cover up. Most of us knew they were lying. We told morons like you. Old mushy peas was a proxy doing what he was told by radical lefty loons. That wasn’t Biden’s history. He was a centrist. This was a weekend at Bernie’s presidency

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[dbmhoosier]

Aliens

 

[BradStevens]

Anyone want to try and explain this?

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Aliens. Duh.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Being truthful but purposely leaving out key details is bad... Flat out lying is worse....

Hmm. Maybe. I guess, for me, it would depend on the specifics in any instance. It seems entirely possible that a lie by omission can be just as egregious as a fabrication.

If I was out to dinner with my mother and I run into friends, introduce them to her, and then the friend tells my wife that she saw me at dinner with another woman....I'd say that's just as bad as if she had made the entire thing up.

 

[HurryingHoosiers]

Hmm. Maybe. I guess, for me, it would depend on the specifics in any instance. It seems entirely possible that a lie by omission can be just as egregious as a fabrication.

If I was out to dinner with my mother and I run into friends, introduce them to her, and then the friend tells my wife that she saw me at dinner with another woman....I'd say that's just as bad as if she had made the entire thing up.

Sure, there might be instances where the omission makes it pretty bad or close but flat out lying without any truth is still a step above.

so that's as bad as if you were eating alone and she said you were at dinner with another woman?

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Anyone want to try and explain this?

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The source is The Reese Report on InfoWars, so my guess is that this is made up nonsense. Also, since nearly every Twitter Twit Tweet you link is bogus the odds are that this is too.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

so that's as bad as if you were eating alone and she said you were at dinner with another woman?

Yes, I think so. I don't think the mechanism of a lie matters as much as the maliciousness of the intent behind it. And the friend's intent with either lie is equally deceptive and malicious: her intent is to suggest to my wife that I'm secretly seeing some other woman. To that end, why does it matter if I was dining alone or with my mother?

Why would you say that it would be worse if I was actually alone?

 

[HurryingHoosiers]

Yes, I think so. I don't think the mechanism of a lie matters as much as the maliciousness of the intent behind it. And the friend's intent with either lie is equally deceptive and malicious: her intent is to suggest to my wife that I'm secretly seeing some other woman. To that end, why does it matter if I was dining alone or with my mother?

Why would you say that it would be worse if I was actually alone?

Because in that scenario, there being a woman at all is completely fabricated.

Not having to subject yourself to any sort of truth leaves room for stuff like pedo basements at DC pizza places. Much more freedom to just make shit up when it doesn't matter if it is true or not.

If someone is telling the truth while leaving stuff out, then technically you don't know the intent behind the omission. Said person may have only seen your mother from behind and didn't realize who it was (in your scenario). So no, not the same.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

The source is The Reese Report on InfoWars, so my guess is that this is made up nonsense. Also, since nearly every Twitter Twit Tweet you link is bogus the odds are that this is too.

I certainly can't speak to the academic chops of this study's authors. For all I know, they're a couple of cranks. And, further, I don't know how legit MDPI is so far as peer-reviewing -- as compared to the traditional methods and journals. So I think at least one grain of salt is warranted here.

But it actually was published there by two academics.

Filippo Biondi - Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Corrado Malanga - Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Because in that scenario, there being a woman at all is completely fabricated.

This is circular reasoning.

The fabrication of a woman is worse because the woman is fabricated.

 

[HurryingHoosiers]

This is circular reasoning.

The fabrication of a woman is worse because the woman is fabricated.

the point going over your head doesn't make it circular reasoning

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

the point going over your head doesn't make it circular reasoning

Your argument is circular reasoning -- a garden variety example of it, really. The sentence I wrote is a fair summation of your argument.

So far as the deceit and the intent behind it are concerned, whether or not I was actually with a woman who isn't my wife doesn't matter. The malicious intent in either case is to suggest something to my wife that she knows isn't true: that I'm seeing somebody else.

Had I not introduced them and the friend didn't know or even have reason to suspect that the woman was actually my mother, then I would agree with you. Because in that case she didn't lie -- she just jumped to a conclusion without the key piece of information.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Sure, there might be instances where the omission makes it pretty bad or close but flat out lying without any truth is still a step above.

so that's as bad as if you were eating alone and she said you were at dinner with another woman?

Like lying about who is in charge of the country?

 

[NPT]

Use Google and become less ignorant.

And Google is biased so don't take the first results it shows you.

Like lying about who is in charge of the country?

And lying about his mental state...

 

[mushroomgod_1]

Obsession stems from the fact that we have a government that lies to us…….. a lot.

No need to make it more complex than that.

Yes....the bigger mystery is how most of us obtained middle age still believing that the government did NOT lie to us a lot.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Yes....the bigger mystery is how most of us obtained middle age still believing that the government did NOT lie to us a lot.

Saw a Bigfoot when I was driving home from college somewhere between Chattanooga and Nashville under a waterfall and knew then. Think for yourself. Believe your own eyes

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

And Google is biased so don't take the first results it shows you.


And lying about his mental state...

I don't care if a person uses Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing to become less ignorant. They all work.

 

[NPT]

I don't care if a person uses Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing to become less ignorant. They all work.

Oh I agree... just stating that about all places have a bias so read more than one.

 

[iuwclurker]

Hmm. Maybe. I guess, for me, it would depend on the specifics in any instance. It seems entirely possible that a lie by omission can be just as egregious as a fabrication.

If I was out to dinner with my mother and I run into friends, introduce them to her, and then the friend tells my wife that she saw me at dinner with another woman....I'd say that's just as bad as if she had made the entire thing up.

Not at all. That could be a problem a problem for you if you and your wife have lousy communication. That’s on you, not your friend.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Not at all. That could be a problem a problem for you if you and your wife have lousy communication. That’s on you, not your friend.

This has nothing to do with the point of the hypothetical -- which is about comparing the severity of two different kinds of lying.

What comes after either lie, so far as my wife and I are concerned, is incidental.

 

[Stuffshot]

Anyone want to try and explain this?

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Ask Trump. He's more powerful than any of the Egyptian gods. He can do anything.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/21/trump-i-could-declassify-documents-by-thinking-about-it-00058212

 

[T.M.P.]

But my question is did he marry Ivanka before he got the inheritance. I it was before perhaps they married for love even though he messed it up with Marla.

He couldn't afford her price tag before getting the inheritance.

 

[T.M.P.]

You must be kidding. You can’t be that ignorant

lol .......

 

[iuwclurker]

This has nothing to do with the point of the hypothetical -- which is about comparing the severity of two different kinds of lying.

What comes after either lie, so far as my wife and I are concerned, is incidental.

The lie by omission of saying what woman you’re with is perfectly harmless if your wife simply asks you who you were with, and you tell her, as long as she believes you…which is on you.

 

[UncleMark]

If I was out to dinner with my mother and I run into friends, introduce them to her, and then the friend tells my wife that she saw me at dinner with another woman....I'd say that's just as bad as if she had made the entire thing up.

My best buddy's wife was a beautician and every time she cut my hair we would go out to lunch afterwards. My best bud got all kinds of reports that his wife was seen out with some man...

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

My best buddy's wife was a beautician and every time she cut my hair we would go out to lunch afterwards. My best bud got all kinds of reports that his wife was seen out with some man...

And here you are publicly admitting to a bunch of dudes that you get your hair cut by somebody who uses the title “beautician.”

Did you get a mani/pedi while you were there too?




I kid, I kid.

 

[dbmhoosier]

Just saw tiger woods is dating trump jr’s ex. Wtf is wrong with tiger. Guy doesn’t know who he is.

Yes.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

For the bozos that still believe the totally implausible and wholly unsupported conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump, here's a little something from Gateway Pundit for you:

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard Drops Bomb on Voting Machines — Says Evidence Shows Voting Machines Can Be Tampered With to Steal Elections | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

In a startling revelation, Tulsi bard has unveiled evidence of tampering with voting machines, raising serious concerns about electoral integrity in the United States. This bold claim demands attention and scrutiny.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

@dbmhoosier, you're slacking. Surprised you haven't yet linked something from a Twitter Twit about this, but a close reading will reveal that there actually isn't anything new in it and there's no new evidence in it that the election was stolen either. I found the article about the Soviets fighting aliens on that site very entertaining.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

People are cutting and pasting this nonsense on Facebook now:

It took 50-years for Americans to finally figure out the Warren Commission's report was pure fiction. Today, the sad horrible truth we've suspected for decades is now confirmed. SCREW YOU LBJ!!!
- Summary of what was released about JFK's death in recently declassified documents.
"The truth is even darker than we thought. On January 30, 2025, new intelligence leaks have blown the lid on what we thought we knew about the JFK assassination. The released documents don't just reveal more about the cover-up — they confirm that we were dealing with a full-scale military intelligence coup, involving forces far beyond what ordinary historians are willing to acknowledge.
The surfaced files reveal a web of fraud so intricate and so heavily vetted that it becomes painfully clear: JFK's murder was a pre-planned high-level operation carried out by intelligence, globalist banks, and secret elite organizations. to eliminate a President who no longer followed their rules.
The recently released files from the National Archives and CIA Black Vaults include shocking, never-before-seen documents, and let's be clear, these are the records THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE. These papers were never intended to be released to the public. They describe secret murders, destruction of important evidence, and direct orders from the highest levels of the US government to delete all evidence of who really pulled the strings that day in Dallas.
THE ELITE INCREASE PLAN - WHY JFK MUST DIE
Recently surfaced documents confirm what many of us have suspected for years: JFK was a threat to the globalist Deep State. He took the country in a direction that the shadow government could not afford. His murder was not just about revenge – it was a calculated execution designed to stop his policies, prevent a shift in power, and send a message to future leaders who might dare to challenge the system.
The leaked files in 2025 reveal that JFK actively worked to dissolve the Federal Reserve and return the United States to a gold-backed currency. These papers explicitly mention Executive Order 11110, which JFK signed, which directly challenges the central banking cabal that controls the global financial system. Within six months of signing this warrant, he was dead, and Lyndon B. Johnson immediately changed his policy and ensured that the Federal Reserve remained full control.

NEW DISCOVERED: FED's "JFK Hit Memo"
One of the most damning documents unearthed in the latest declassification dump is a previously uninformed memo from the Federal Reserve from 1963 — a report labeled "Directive Alpha" — which outlines the "economic destabilization risks" as JFK's pursuit of a sovereign currency free of central bank control. . The document was sent to key agents within Wall Street and the CIA, warning that “failure to limit the situation” could lead to an “irreversible change of U.S. monetary control.” "Weeks later, JFK was dead.
This memo was kept in a classified section of the National Archives, completely forbidden even for researchers working under the JFK Records Act. Now we know why.
CIA SECRET DEATH SQUAD - OPERATION EXECUTE
Forget Oswald. Forget the myth of the Lone Gunners. Latest leaks directly reveal CIA involvement in a covert murder program, codenamed “Operation Execute,” which was tasked with eliminating world leaders who threatened American intelligence interests.
Recently discovered names linked to JFK's murder
According to the leaked files dated January 2025, this program had operators stationed at several locations around Dealey Plaza that day, working under direct orders from high-ranking Langley officials. Among them:
William King Harvey — a CIA black op specialist, is described in the recently released PM as “an asset to ensure continuity of power in extreme scenarios. "This man was conducting murder patrols in Europe and was brought back to the United States months before JFK's assassination.
E. Howard Hunt - The notorious CIA agent linked to Watergate was present in Dallas, according to leaked radio communication logs recovered in 2025. His personal notes, which are found in the classified files, affirm his belief that "the mission was clean and well completed. ”
David Atlee Phillips - Chief of CIA operations in the western hemisphere, who had personal ties to Lee Harvey Oswald during his mysterious trip to Mexico City just weeks before the murder.
George H.W. Bush - Yes, the former president. A recently obtained FBI memo places him in Dallas on the morning of November 22, 1963, despite his decades of denial.
Explosive new evidence: CIA's fake Oswald conspiracy
Another document, buried for decades, confirms that several Oswald's bodies were used to create a false trail, ensuring the real perpetrators could frame him and silence him before he had a chance to speak. The leaked "Oswald Counterfeit Directive" outlines how a CIA-run identity unit deployed agents in Mexico, New Orleans and Dallas, to ensure Oswald's movements would match the official narrative — whether he was actually there or not.
JFK KNEW HE WAS GOING TO GET KILLED
JFK was not blind to the forces that worked against him. The leaked files contain several first-hand accounts from White House aides and secret recordings made in the Oval Office, where Kennedy directly confronts his closest advisers about murder threats.
Newly released JFK audio recording - His last words about Deep State
One of the most frightening discoveries in this latest set of documents is a never-before-heard audio tape recorded just a few days before JFK's trip to Dallas. In the band, JFK says:
"They'll come and get me soon. The war machine is too strong. But if I fall, let history know I tried to warn them. ”
This explosive evidence was buried for decades to sustain the cover-up. But now it has surfaced - proof that JFK KNEW his days were numbered.
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WHY IS THIS TRENDING NOW
This is not ancient history. The same forces that executed JFK are still in control today - the intelligence, the secret banking elites, and the corporate power structures that benefit from endless wars, economic slavery and absolute control.
JFK’s murder was the day America lost it’s virginity. But January 30, 2025 is the day when the blackout finally dies.
They kept us in the dark for decades. But now the darkness lightens. The truth is here. And it will never be buried again."

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The comments are full of conspiracy theory believers. It's really very sad.