Conspiracy theories have been a constant hum in the background for at least the past 100 years, with some being proven true. In 1947, the Army Air Forces announced that a mysterious object that had crashed in the desert outside Roswell, New Mexico, was not a flying saucer but in fact a weather balloon. From the late ’70s to the ’90s, interest in the crash site waxed and waned, but from the late ’70s to the ’90s, interest surged, and many believers.
Some of the most unbelievable but verified conspiracy theories in history include CIA mind-control experiments, Scientology infiltration, and the U.S. government funding the Dalai Lama. The growing wealth of conspiracy theories, such as the CIA funding the Dalai Lama and the fruit machine, has made it difficult to separate truth from fiction in the age of fake news.
Conspiration theories have legitimized violence, impaired public health, and undermined democratic governance. Containing their harms begins with understanding the conspiracy theories that flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, why they can be dangerous, and how to identify, debunk, and counter them. Many conspiracy theories relate to supposed clandestine government plans and elaborate murder plots.
Despite getting a bad rap in popular culture, research has shown that most Americans believe conspiracy theories of some sort. This chapter examines how tethered to truth these beliefs are and how to identify, debunk, and counter them. As we continue to live through the “conspiracies” we’re currently living through, it will be interesting to find out about the “conspiracies” we’re currently living through.
📹 Top 20 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True
Some of these were covered up or originally thought to be fiction, but they all turned out to be true. For this list, we’ll be looking at …
📹 Insane Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to be True
Conspiracy theories have been around for ages, and most of the time they are laughed about and pushed to the side.
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