Talk:List of conspiracy theories

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[edit] The mongoose

... mentioned on the list is actually recorded here [1]. — Unsigned, by: 82.44.143.26 / talk / contribs 14:28, 18 May 2012‎ (UTC)

[edit] Another grouping

would be 'List of assassination/conspiracy theories' (following on from a discussion on the Saloon page)

  • JFK - reasons for: The Soviets/Cubans wanted to get rid of him because of the Bay of Pigs; the Vietnamese because of the assassination, the Mafia because of crime legislation, the military-industrial complex because of the Vietnam situation... (add to taste); agin - too many conspiracies, the chance of somebody walking in on Oswald's set-up and the likely blow-back on being responsible for the assassination (rather than merely blackmailing him)
  • Princess Di - reasons for : involving love-life; reasons against - too many variables, and all her supporters.
  • Jorg Haider - 'drunk in charge of a car' is a very blunt weapon.
  • and so on.

Add a few 'bizarre actual conspiracies' as preferred. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 14:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] DDT

Where should the DDT conspiracy go? The one where wingnuts claim Rachel Carson killed millions of Africans by pushing for an international ban on ddt, even though there were always exceptions for fighting malaria.ClothCoat (talk) 23:32, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Shortly before 9/11, many individuals or institutions with prior knowledge shorted airline stocks and made a fortune.

> Shortly before 9/11, many individuals or institutions with prior knowledge shorted airline stocks and made a fortune.

I've heard this one quite a bit, just the other day a mate trotted it out.

But share trading records are public, right? And of course every day varying numbers of shares are bought and sold, it could indeed be that on 10th September 2001 a lot of trades were done that involved the share prices of some airlines etc. dropping.

I've Googled this "fact" before to try and track down some real evidence, but all there seems to be is references to Zeitgeist (IIRC there's a graph flashed up in their visual Gish-gallop) or forum comments where posters are really really sure. I know I'm not great at maths, but I think I am right in saying that statistical methods could be used against share dealing records to show if pre-9/11 trades were genuinely abnormal, so possibly a sign of fore-knowledge.

But to make money of off 9/11 in a way that would be much less risky would be to guess at the consequences and invest in that, instead of highlighting yourself by betting on the main event.

94.197.122.76 (talk) 12:54, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

The easiest way to refute this would be to look at historical share price / volume data on Bloomberg. --PsyGremlin話しなさい 13:24, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Homer never existed

Sorry, but how can it be considered at conspiracy theory? In that case, saying that Jesus, Confucius or Pāṇini never really existed is a conspiracy. "A conspiracy theory is an attempt to explain a perceived real-world occurrence through the actions of a secretive, usually evil and very selfish group." So why Homer? Is that so evil to invent Homer, or Jesus (thanks to Paul the Apostle??)?--Sultan Rahi (talk) 07:33, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

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