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What's the most ridiculous conspiracy theory you've ever heard?

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robertsnj · 56-60, M
I think the weight of any theory is in preponderance of the evidence to support it. We are increasingly living in a data-driven world. In that idea the larger or more aggressive the claim is that has either a lack of evidence or worse contradictory evidence Some of the the claims that hit the benchmarks, of

I am not sure ridicoulus is the word choice I woudl personally but instead say :

Bold claim that Lacks evidence or has contradictory evidence include (for examples)


a ) global warming is a hoax.
b) the world is flat (flat earthers)
c) D Trump had the election stolen from him
d) alien abduction stories, (obviously I haven’t heard all of them)
e) God exists (at least in the Abrahamic religions / an anthropomorphic God)

But I do realize there are deep emotional commitments to each and everyone of those and do not want to be completely insensitive to that reality.

I think the emotional commitments are fascinating though and wish people would spend more time explaining why they are emotionally invested in those ideas as opposed to not have data driven evidence.
TBIman · 41-45, M
@robertsnj Have you ever dug into the flat Earth conspiracy? It is 100% evidence-based. There is very little faith involved. Unlike gravity, which is a theory that is taught to us as a fact.,
@TBIman asks [quote]Have you ever dug into the flat Earth conspiracy?[/quote] Yes I have, and I've dug into the evidence it fails to address!!

Go to Chicago. Head out on Lake Michigan on a calm day. Watch the city sink into the lake!! No, not really; it's just a bit beyond the curve of the Earth.


Go to Lake Ponchartrain.

Check out the power lines. Take some pictures.


[media=https://youtu.be/ipqronPSXGM]

Then check out the causeway. Take some pictures.

Did they build all these wind turbines partway under water? Nope. Curve of the Earth again.