Do any conspiracy theories have merit?

Having explored the Moon Landing conspiracy theory, the 9/11 conspiracy theory, and the Bin Laden conspiracy theory, I am beginning to wonder if any major conspiracy theories are actually based on real evidence and facts. Are there any you are aware of that can make a convincing and full argument?

Anyone who disregards all conspriacies as BS are dumb.

Some are legit.

Some are legit.

DaJuicyMan

Anyone who disregards all conspriacies as BS are dumb.

DaJuicyMan

Anyone who just blindly believes in a conspiracy without looking at the actual evidence are idiots. Thus, the person who believes in any of the conspiracies the OP listed, is an idiot

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Anyone who disregards all conspriacies as BS are dumb.

DoomZaW

Anyone who just blindly believes in a conspiracy without looking at the actual evidence are idiots. Thus, the person who believes in any of the conspiracies the OP listed, is an idiot

some could be true some probably or not, their theories after all

not really.

1. "global warming is a hoax" false

2. "Bush was behind 9/11" false

3. "Obama was born in Kenya" false

I can't name any plausable ones

I think it's wise to take everything the media and government say with a grain of salt, and always look for alternate sources to have a less biased view on a subject, but conspiracy theorists just take it WAY too far.

I'm skeptical when it comes to JFKJML897

I feel like some conspiracy theories have merit but then get twisted to ridiculous extremes by silly people.

You do know this is just a dream, right?Allicrombie

False. We're all in a giant computer simulation.

You do know this is just a dream, right?Allicrombie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEN7TkBbtGo

I am fairly sire that there are "some" truth in some conspiracy theories. But most of them, I simply don't buy anything plausible in outright.

I think the more boring ones, might have truth, but all that with "shadow goverments trying to rule the world" and such, I simply do not buy.

Some have merits, but the rest sound like the insane ramblings of a nutcase who confused theory with hypothesis. Seriously, I can buy that there may have been another JFK killer considering all of what happened around it (no disclosed public info on certain matters for years, angle of shot, Oswald yelling that he was a patsy, etc.)

But then you have people saying that Seal Team 6 failed, Osama is alive (or has been long dead) and the operation failed and only now they are saying it with another story because there was no body. Or those crazed Birthers who can't read documents that are right in their face if it hit them.

So yeah, some could be possible, some maybe are possible, others are just insane.

You do know this is just a dream, right?Allicrombie

tbh i enjoy reading conspiracy theories they are fun, but most of them are nuts, the only one i found to be decently probable was the 9/11 conspiracy, too many "side effects" of the 9/11 were beneficial for the government

tbh i enjoy reading conspiracy theories they are fun, but most of them are nuts, the only one i found to be decently probable was the 9/11 conspiracy, too many "side effects" of the 9/11 were beneficial for the government

Krelian-co

we are obviously not the only smart species in this universe, all those people who say we are alone are ignorant, and I actually do believe in UFOs, not saying that they are all aliens, but there is something going on.

we are obviously not the only smart species in this universe, all those people who say we are alone are ignorant, and I actually do believe in UFOs, not saying that they are all aliens, but there is something going on.

M4Ntan

I think it's wise to take everything the media and government say with a grain of salt, and always look for alternate sources to have a less biased view on a subject, but conspiracy theorists just take it WAY too far.

black_cat19

this is a pretty good list

http://conspiraciesthatweretrue.blogspot.com/2007/01/list-of-proven-conspiracies-from.html

also this:

http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html

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Anyone who disregards all conspriacies as BS are dumb.

Anyone who just blindly believes in a conspiracy without looking at the actual evidence are idiots. Thus, the person who believes in any of the conspiracies the OP listed, is an idiot

also, lets not forget that the watergate scandal started out as a conspiracy theory, if im not mistaken

The JFK assasination certainly has some credence to their being more than one shooter. Hard to say though since the facts in that case are so well guarded.

The JFK assasination certainly has some credence to their being more than one shooter. Hard to say though since the facts in that case are so well guarded.

sonicare

The problem with conspiracy theories is the moment they are proven; they stop being a conspiracy theory, they become conspiracy fact.

Despite there being real conspiracy theories that have been proven, such as with Bernie Madoff, people tend to just disregard all of them as being nonsense.

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we are obviously not the only smart species in this universe, all those people who say we are alone are ignorant, and I actually do believe in UFOs, not saying that they are all aliens, but there is something going on.

DaJuicyMan

Well of course there is intelligent life out there, with the infinite amount of universes, there is bound to be something. Even Stephen Hawking believes this. However, what is more likely? that you saw some alien spaceship floating around in the atmosphere or you saw a helicoptor or plane? seriously people.

The government is actually ran by a small group of people. Everything we see is just a massive charade to hide their faces. TheColbert

The Patriots?

The Roswell crash has alot of facts in it's favor.

The Roswell crash has alot of facts in it's favor.

Morphic

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Some are legit.

p00zer

Just because someone claims to have debunked a theory and you believe their facts over those of a conspiracy theorist doesn't mean that the theory has really been debunked. It really just depends on whose facts you believe, and which story makes the most sense to you based on your world view and experiences. I've never seen a conspiracy theory that a ton of people bought into that didn't have some factual backing.

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we are obviously not the only smart species in this universe, all those people who say we are alone are ignorant, and I actually do believe in UFOs, not saying that they are all aliens, but there is something going on.

Tokugawa77

Well of course there is intelligent life out there, with the infinite amount of universes, there is bound to be something. Even Stephen Hawking believes this. However, what is more likely? that you saw some alien spaceship floating around in the atmosphere or you saw a helicoptor or plane? seriously people.

I don't think you've looked into any really interesting UFO sightings if you're comparing them to anything to could be construed as a plane or helicopter. There are some that are just absolutely beyond being confused for anything but a craft (sometimes massive) that has flight capabilities decades or centuries ahead of our own.

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[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]

Some are legit.

hartsickdiscipl

Just because someone claims to have debunked a theory and you believe their facts over those of a conspiracy theorist doesn't mean that the theory has really been debunked. It really just depends on whose facts you believe, and which story makes the most sense to you based on your world view and experiences. I've never seen a conspiracy theory that a ton of people bought into that didn't have some factual backing.

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[QUOTE="p00zer"]Well that's the question. Which? Every one I've investigated so far, can easily be disproven by typing into google "_____ debunked". They hold back tons of information.

ThePlothole

Just because someone claims to have debunked a theory and you believe their facts over those of a conspiracy theorist doesn't mean that the theory has really been debunked. It really just depends on whose facts you believe, and which story makes the most sense to you based on your world view and experiences. I've never seen a conspiracy theory that a ton of people bought into that didn't have some factual backing.

So you're basically saying that most people are stupid and don't have the good judgment to call BS on the official story from time to time? I think that's pretty arrogant and incorrect.

Of course humor has merit, it lightens the soul! Without humor every single one of us would collapse under the massive stress we would suffer.