Conspiracy theories you believe in?

[JonMA1]

2 hours ago, Slowcelica said:

and that the holocaust never happened.

Yeah, I had a co-worker years ago try to convince me that the 6 million number was an exaggeration. Told her I found it very comforting to think that number might be closer to "only" 3 or 4 million innocent people murdered..

Which brings me to the theory that Hitler hadn't died in the bunker and that the Soviets had captured him alive.

[nevets88]

Gyms all set their scales  5-10 pounds more so you keep your membership.

[colin007]

6 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Gyms all set their scales  5-10 pounds more so you keep your membership.

I KNEW IT!!!!

[phillyk]

7 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Gyms all set their scales  5-10 pounds more so you keep your membership.

Similarly, golf shops tack on 15yds to your driver distances to get you to buy them.

[saevel25]

1 hour ago, phillyk said:

Similarly, golf shops tack on 15yds to your driver distances to get you to buy them.

To bad this fails a bit because if you test your club as well it gets 15 yards :p 

[Papa Steve 55]

On ‎6‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 7:20 AM, Valleygolfer said:

Fear of being killed off I suppose. Seems like you would be right but "accidents do happen" and it might be enough to keep people quiet. 

Maybe, but I think I would feel safer as the guy who supplied the real photos of area 51, got that notoriety  and recognition vs  the guy who has the photos living an anonymous life in the burbs.  

[Jack Watson]

It's entirely possible that world governments know much more about aliens than they are letting on...

[David in FL]

13 minutes ago, Jack Watson said:

It's entirely possible that world governments know much more about aliens than they are letting on...

Because aliens would only reveal themselves to government officials...  

[Jack Watson]

3 minutes ago, David in FL said:

Because aliens would only reveal themselves to government officials...  

I am not saying I believe in aliens.  I do believe it's a possibility though.  The universe is pretty big and our understanding of physics is not complete.

[David in FL]

1 minute ago, Jack Watson said:

I am not saying I believe in aliens.  I do believe it's a possibility though.  The universe is pretty big and our understanding of physics is not complete.

I wouldn't be surprised at all by extraterrestrial life.  I just don't think that the government has information about it that hasn't been shared with the rest of us yet...

[Jack Watson]

Just now, David in FL said:

I wouldn't be surprised at all by extraterrestrial life.  I just don't think that the government has information about it that hasn't been shared with the rest of us yet...

Why not?  Do you believe our govt is interested in revealing everything they know to us regardless of consequences?

[David in FL]

14 minutes ago, Jack Watson said:

Why not?  Do you believe our govt is interested in revealing everything they know to us regardless of consequences?

Not necessarily.  As I said before though, I just don't think that aliens would have only revealed themselves to, or been discovered by government officials interested in keeping the discovery to themselves...

[Jack Watson]

5 minutes ago, David in FL said:

Not necessarily.  As I said before though, I just don't think that aliens would have only revealed themselves to, or been discovered by government officials interested in keeping the discovery to themselves...

So let's just say an alien craft crashes.  Who would feel okay venturing near and recovering and have the necessary equipment to clean it up and store it?

I know I wouldn't go near it.  Who would be called?

Also,  let's say you know you saw something real and decided to come out to reveal to everyone what you saw.  How would you be treated?  

Theres noway to totally debunk alien believers.  Too many unexplained phenomena to debunk the deal.  Of course they would not selectively reveal themselves to govt only,  but govt is always involved in things of this nature.

99 percent of it all is crap but that annoying one percent remains.

 

[David in FL]

Back to the black helicopters and tin foil hats...!

 

[Golfingdad]

3 hours ago, David in FL said:

Not necessarily.  As I said before though, I just don't think that aliens would have only revealed themselves to, or been discovered by government officials interested in keeping the discovery to themselves...

They don't!  They also frequently reveal themselves to people living in the backwoods too.

[JonMA1]

4 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

They don't!  They also frequently reveal themselves to people living in the backwoods too.

Says the guy from California. Which I suppose begs the question, how could you possibly tell the difference if one showed up in that state? 

[dennyjones]

1 hour ago, JonMA1 said:

Says the guy from California. Which I suppose begs the question, how could you possibly tell the difference if one showed up in that state? 

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[Zekez]

On 6/26/2017 at 7:33 AM, boogielicious said:

I don't believe in them simply for the fact that people cannot keep secrets. That being said, the fun ones for me are the Illuminati and Priori of Sion because they have supposedly existed for centuries and bring in the Knights Templar and other major figures in history like Newton and Galileo, etc. These are beautifully crafted conspiracy theories like fine tapestries and are tough to disprove because the central characters are long dead.

 

 

These groups exist.  They might not have the power some say they do, but they exist in some form.  And they do have control over the financial and legal sectors.  People love power and money.  Combine the two and I believe it's not too difficult to see how our world is controlled by a network of powerful and ultra rich people.

I think too many people sort of believe in them a(and other plausible conspiracies), but are too afraid of ridicule to speak what they really think. 

10 hours ago, Jack Watson said:

So let's just say an alien craft crashes.  Who would feel okay venturing near and recovering and have the necessary equipment to clean it up and store it?

I know I wouldn't go near it.  Who would be called?

Also,  let's say you know you saw something real and decided to come out to reveal to everyone what you saw.  How would you be treated?  

Theres noway to totally debunk alien believers.  Too many unexplained phenomena to debunk the deal.  Of course they would not selectively reveal themselves to govt only,  but govt is always involved in things of this nature.

99 percent of it all is crap but that annoying one percent remains.

 

This.

17 hours ago, Ernest Jones said:

Mistletoe extract (aka Iscador) is, IIRC, more widely prescribed in many parts of Europe than Chemo. From what I understand, it has shown a higher success rate with far less side effects. The AMA is not, as of yet, on board with this. Not sure if that counts as a conspiracy or just slow to adopt. 

We (North Americans) also keep destroying forests when we could transition to 100% hemp for all paper products and many textiles. 

So why don't we?

Edited June 29, 2017 by Zekez