Conspiracy
The most widespread and enduring conspiracy theories—British intelligence killed Princess Diana, the U.S. government orchestrated 9/11—are completely absurd. But that doesn’t stop them from drawing a vast and vehement audience. David Aaronovitch picks apart 12 grand conspiracy theories to conclude that they are concocted and promoted, in large part, by educated losers. (Yes, he actually calls them losers.)
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Grant Lawrence has a theory about the failed attempt to attack Northwest Flight 253, it was conveniently overlooked by US intelligence to provide justification to bomb Yemen (as home of Al Queda) and to insure key provisions of the Patriot Act are *not* allowed to expire.
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On 12/21/09 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was hit in the face with a souvenir marble and metal replica of Milan's famous Gothic cathedral. Theorists point to lack of blood, long absence and plans to use image as a campaign poster as proof it was guise to lift his sagging opinion polls.
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The pancake-style implosion of the twin towers on 9/11 was not the result of the airplane collisions. The South tower collapsed anywhere from 1 to 8 seconds shy gravitational freefall in a vacuum. Only a planned demolition could help a building collapse that fast.
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Those wisps in the sky aren't simple airplane condensation trails: they're 'chemtrails.' Some theorists (including Prince) believe they're evidence of gov't backed chemical and biological testing on the unsuspecting population.