how to start a conspiracy theory

[Elitist Trader]

Posting this for reasons that may be obvious... to some...

HEARD the latest? The swine flu pandemic was a hoax: scientists, governments and the World Health Organization cooked it up in a vast conspiracy so that vaccine companies could make money.

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Bullet points on how to be a denialist.

1. Allege that there’s a conspiracy. Claim that scientific consensus has arisen through collusion rather than the accumulation of evidence.
2. Use fake experts to support your story. “Denial always starts with a cadre of pseudo-experts with some credentials that create a facade of credibility,” says Seth Kalichman of the University of Connecticut.
3. Cherry-pick the evidence: trumpet whatever appears to support your case and ignore or rubbish the rest. Carry on trotting out supportive evidence even after it has been discredited.
4. Create impossible standards for your opponents. Claim that the existing evidence is not good enough and demand more. If your opponent comes up with evidence you have demanded, move the goalposts.
5. Use logical fallacies. Hitler opposed smoking, so anti-smoking measures are Nazi. Deliberately misrepresent the scientific consensus and then knock down your straw man.
6. Manufacture doubt. Falsely portray scientists as so divided that basing policy on their advice would be premature. Insist “both sides” must be heard and cry censorship when “dissenting” arguments or experts are rejected.

http://eclipsenow.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/new-scientist-denialism-is-an-illness/

 

[nutmeg]

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not but if you take WHO data (and misc press releases) before and after the conclusions of WHO science is whack.

 

[OTCkrak]

"how can we blame the oil spill on zionists"

-they blew up the oil rig in hopes of creating a national outrage over US offshore drilling to give Obama another reason to invade Iran, and control more middle east oil.

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from OTCkrak:

"how can we blame the oil spill on zionists"

-they blew up the oil rig in hopes of creating a national outrage over US offshore drilling to give Obama another reason to invade Iran, and control more middle east oil.

I was trying to find the angle of "the inside job" like 911. Maybe Tony Blair couldn't handle all the Obama fingerpointing at his old friend Bush.

 

[Kassz007]

The best one I've heard in a while is that GS was short BP at the time of the rig explosion. Therefore, GS blew up the rig and stands to make a lot of dough. Damn those zionist bankers! LOL

 

[cstfx]

Quote from Kassz007:

The best one I've heard in a while is that GS was short BP at the time of the rig explosion. Therefore, GS blew up the rig and stands to make a lot of dough. Damn those zionist bankers! LOL

Actually the one I heard is that this disaster was by one of O's acolytes so that he can push thru alternative energies technologies and his carbon cap tax plan without much public anger because...well look, oil is dirty and bad for the environment. Wind and sun are good!

(and the longer he can keep this in the public eye, the more powerful the argument.)

 

[Elitist Trader]

Quote from nutmeg:

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not but if you take WHO data (and misc press releases) before and after the conclusions of WHO science is whack.

So what? my science reports in high school were whack before and after I drafted them, and they were still whack when I had to do reports on later science experiments.
THAT doesnt mean I was trying to make my teacher look bad for having such a failure student in his class in an attempt to get him fired so that my less experienced brother could get a job at the same school as a science teacher for which he would pay me a chocolate bar for helping him get the job.

NOTE: I actually wasn't a failure student, the above text is just an Analogy

 

[OTCkrak]

swine flu = cash cow

 

[Kassz007]

Quote from TradPal:

Fellas Why do you think it's cool to be stupid.

Well where are weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.

Where are they ?

Where is Osama Bin Ladin in Afganistan? Does anyone remember that is why we went there.

Still didn't find the man.

After what happened on 9/11 and tower 7 fell by itself (inside job big time) and after truth about Bilderbergers came out. (did you check the European news lately)

If you are still trust the government you are prime real estate in land of Naive.

Be stupid all you want. It will cost you later I guarantee you that.

Troll alert.

 

[easymon1]