To ask what conspiracy theories you actually believe are true?

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Following on from the thread where OP was looking for conspiracy theories for her kids to look at, I was wondering whether anyone actually believes any of the outlandish conspiracies.

We’ve all read about how people believe that Elvis didn’t die/Paul McCartney did die/the royals are all lizards/the earth is flat. But I’ve never encountered anyone who actually believes any of them, only people who talk about people who (apparently) believe in them.

So, what conspiracies do you actually believe and why?

Something’s strange with Brexit

Twin towers being planned somewhat.

Also the April lavigne conspiracy theory is an interesting one, never really sure if I've believed it or not though.

@LulaMay17 where do you think the higher concentrations of CO2 are coming from? Elliptical changes, volcanic activity and solar output aren’t the biggest contributors to emissions. Global warming is fact, not a conspiracy.

Denver airport! There is something weird going on there.. I mean why would any airport have a giant 37ft evil looking blue horse with glowing eyes!? Along with the weird creepy murals inside!

Not to mention all the supposed secret tunnels under there.

I wouldn't want to fly from there..

I don't believe covid came from a bat

@LulaMay17 my husband would agree with you 190% but it's not something you're allowed to talk about in polite company.

I'd love to be sure one way or another but the lack of debate and discussion on the topic doesn't help.

So I just tend to keep my mouth shut.

@Somerandomshittyname quit getting hung up on emissions. Humans can burn carbon, increase atmospheric CO2 levels, and it not be the end of the world -- has this thought even ever crossed your mind? True CO2 readings are all over the place anyway, some direct measurements back in the 1940s had it at over 400 ppm. Are you also aware that CO2 levels were once 6,000 ppm? Where was the runaway GW then?

@tinkywinkyshandbag it's time we opened our mouths -- free speech isn't dead, just yet... truth is never discovered without debate.

That Meghan Markle was never pregnant. They used a surrogate.

@mummyof4kids

I don't believe covid came from a bat

I did hear a theory from a few different people that it was man made with the intention of being released to stop the Hong Kong riots and it just got out of control

LulaMay17 you need to do better than that if you're going to claim something is "fact."

First, none of the citations actually lead to anything - they lead to a deleted Wikipedia page. So it's just an unsourced, uncited list of random names on some random blog.

Second, climate change conspiracy theorists have a bad habit of latching onto the tiniest little thing and quoting it out of context to make it falsely appear that someone agrees with them. Some of the names on the list have stated on the record that they do believe in climate change, and are angry that their research is being abused and mis-quoted to imply support for an anti-science agenda.

Third, some of the "scientists" on the list do not work in a field that's even tangentially related to climate change. The list includes a economist, four politicians, and the chief executive of an energy company. Hardly people who are qualified or unbiased to give expert opinions on climate change.

Fourth have you actually read the list you linked to? The first section is "scientists who have argued global warming is primarily caused by natural causes" - so not scientists arguing that human-caused climate change isn't real, only that human action is one of the causes, not the primary causes.

The second section is "scientists who have questioned the accuracy of IPCC model" - not a word about climate change not being real, simply the accuracy of one specific model.

The third and fourth sections are scientists who have basically said "I don't know, needs more data" or "climate change is real but might not be that bad." Again, there's a big difference between "needs more data" and "climate change doesn't exist."

Trying researching further than the BBC.

I did a PhD, so I think I'm good, thanks. And I've never used the BBC for research for anything.

@Whatdoyoudowhendemocracyfails

But how would they know that Yuri would be the one to survive, so publicise his mission before, during and after? How would they have known the others were going to die so have kept those missions quiet, but been all over the media for Yuri?

Omg -yes I logically know there are 50
States but always my first reaction is there are 52 if someone asks

I’m the same! I always have to remind myself it’s 50. It makes no sense, because 50 is a perfectly round number, why would I forget it?

@Womencanlift I 100% think it was man made I also think China know far far more than they're letting on, our government too come to think of it

Moon landing and 9/11

I believe the US government had a hand in 9/11 for political and insurance purposes.

I believe aliens are real and are in contact with the government.

I believe there is a protected, elitist paedophile ring that operates worldwide with impunity.

@rosetylersbiggun thank you for putting it more informatively and eloquently than I ever could!

Oh, @GoodnightKevin, that’s far too sane and reasonable! I much prefer the idea that she’s contracted as part of the pre-nup to only having to do a certain number of appearances a month

It isn't physically possible for Covid to have been mad-made, because a million scientists across the world have studied it and have decoded its entire genome sequence, and have analysed its origin and evolutionary history in depth.

It's very, very easy to tell the difference between an engineered virus and a natural virus by examining its genome - basically it's like telling the difference between a tree that grew from the ground, and a tree someone carved out of a block of wood.

It isn't plausible that literally millions of scientists from dozens of different countries who all have different loyalties and allegiances, would enter into a conspiracy to lie and cover up for China releasing a deadly pandemic.

theconversation.com/heres-how-scientists-know-the-coronavirus-came-from-bats-and-wasnt-made-in-a-lab-141850

www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-not-human-made-lab-genetic-analysis-nature

@Riddikulussness

That Meghan Markle was never pregnant. They used a surrogate.

The same was said about Kate, wasn’t it?

#lunalucie if the government told us that aliens were really everyone would stock pile on space racer crisp😂😂

I can't find it on Youtube now, but the Avril Lavigne conspiracy theory is basically that she died in the early 2000s, but as she was at the height of her fame her record label just replaced her with a doppleganger to keep making money.

JFK - could be the Secret service shot "the shot".
Diana - could be more to it.
Paedophiles in Government/high circles
There could be a group of ultra rich behind Brexit and destabilising the country.