The flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the …

November 16, 2019 9/11, antivax, illuminati, moon landing, nasa

Archived 1 year ago from CNN International
The flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the …

CNN — “I don’t want to be a flat Earther,” David Weiss says, his voice weary as he reflects on his personal awakening. “Would you wake up in the morning and want everyone to think you’re an idiot?” But Weiss is a flat Earther. Ever since he tried and failed to find proof of the Earth’s curve four …

Moon Landing

July 17, 2019 9/11, cia, illuminati, nasa

Archived 5 years ago from Slate
Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Moon Landing Was Fake?

The Virtual YouTube World Is in Uproar. What’s the Virtual YouTube World? How an App Is Fueling a New Form of Vigilantism A Very Brief History of Billionaires Going to Space All the New Ways Apple Is Trying to Take Over Your Life This week’s 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing brought …

Moon Landing

July 10, 2019 9/11, chemtrails, china, flat earth

Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
One giant … lie? Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked

It took 400,000 Nasa employees and contractors to put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969 – but only one man to spread the idea that it was all a hoax. His name was Bill Kaysing. It began as “a hunch, an intuition”, before turning into “a true conviction” – that the US lacked the …

From fluoride to vaccines, resistance to proven health protocols has us sliding backward

Conspiracy

April 3, 2019 9/11, alex jones, antivax, cdc, fluoridation

Archived 3 years ago from Des Moines Register
From fluoride to vaccines, resistance to proven health protocols has us sliding backward

Measles were eradicated 19 years ago in the U.S., yet there were 387 cases of them between January and March. That’s primarily because people who never were vaccinated traveled abroad, contracted the disease and brought it back, where it spread among others who were never vaccinated. A major reason …

When fake news and spiritual beliefs erode public health advances

Conspiracy

April 3, 2019 9/11, alex jones, antivax, cdc, fluoridation

Archived 4 years ago from Des Moines Register
When fake news and spiritual beliefs erode public health advances

Flat Earth

March 22, 2019 9/11, alex jones, nasa

Archived 6 years ago from The Verge
Logan Paul’s satirical flat Earth doc highlights YouTube’s recommendation issue

Logan Paul’s 50-minute satirical documentary exploring flat earth conspiracy theories demonstrates how someone open to an idea can become indoctrinated into believing something that isn’t real. Paul’s video is entirely facetious, but the underlying parallels between his journey into flat earth …

Flat Earth

March 22, 2019 9/11, alex jones, big tech, nasa

Archived 5 years ago from The Verge
Logan Paul’s satirical flat Earth doc gets to the heart of YouTube’s recommendation issue

Moon Landing

December 27, 2018 9/11, antivax, flat earth, tuskegee experiment

Archived 4 years ago from The Guardian
Fake moon landings and a flat Earth: why do athletes love conspiracy theories?

With Christmas Day just gone, it seems fitting that Steph Curry already has something he’d probably like to take back. Two weeks ago, the Golden State Warriors star gave the 24-hour news cycle an incredible gift during an appearance on The Ringer’s Winging It podcast. The show, which features the …

Conspiracy

June 7, 2018 9/11, chemtrails, cia, fluoridation, illuminati, nasa, nazi

Archived 2 years ago from OregonLive
13 ‘declassified’ conspiracy theories that live on, from Reptoids and JFK to fluoridation and 9/11

The Apollo 11 command module lands in the Pacific Ocean in 1969. (AP)We are living in a golden age of conspiracy theories. Even the president of the United States embraces them.This surely isn’t a good thing for our democracy or our mental health — and yet it can be hard to resist the urge to …

The science of conspiracies: Where Flat Earth meets Pizzagate

Conspiracy

February 22, 2018 9/11, antivax, flat earth, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from Axios
The science of conspiracies: Where Flat Earth meets Pizzagate

Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios “Fake news” was rampant throughout the 2016 election — and it’s still around. But it’s hardly new: people have believed in conspiracy theories for ages, and scientists are no stranger to combating them. The bottom line: From anti-vaccine conspiracies to climate …

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