Conspiracy theories

Explaination of events to untrue causes

thumb|The Eye of Providence, as seen on the US $1 bill, has been perceived by some to be evidence of a conspiracy linking the [[Founding Fathers of the United States to the Illuminati.]] The Illuminati (; plural of Latin , 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in the Electorate of Bavaria. The society's stated goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state power by monar

annual private conference of 120 to 150 people of the European and North American political elite, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media

archaic conception of the Earth's shape

eschatological beliefs surrounding 21 December 2012

symbol of the all-seeing eye (usually shown surrounded by rays of glory and/or in a triangle)

non-governmental, non-partisan discussion group founded by David Rockefeller in July 1973, to foster closer cooperation among North America, Western Europe, and Japan

clandestine form of government of a state, operated through networks of covert power groups

hypothesis that reality could be a computer simulation

opinion that biblical Jesus was purely fictional

conspiracy theory that Otto Ⅲ and Pope Sylvester Ⅱ fabricated the Carolingian period (614–911)

Morgellons () is the informal name of a self-diagnosed, scientifically unsubstantiated skin condition in which individuals have sores that they believe contain fibrous material. Morgellons is not well understood, but the general medical consensus is that it is a form of delusional parasitosis, on the psychiatric spectrum. The sores are typically the result of compulsive scratching, and the fibers, when analysed, are consistently found to have originated from cotton and other textiles.

proposal by the World Economic Forum

type of delusion in which the person believes that their lives are staged reality shows, or that they are being watched on cameras

1974 CIA project to lift up the sunken Soviet submarine K-129

fictional secret society in Germany

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A debunker is a person or organization that exposes or discredits claims believed to be false, exaggerated, or pretentious. The term is often associated with skeptical investigation of controversial topics such as UFOs, claimed paranormal phenomena, cryptids, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, and exploratory or fringe areas of scientific or pseudoscientific research. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, to "debunk" is defined as: "to expose the sham or falseness of." The New Oxford American Dictionary defines "debunk" as "expose the falseness or hollowness of

family of conspiracy theories

Widespread practice regarding mind manipulation by electronic means

discredited theory that witch trials of Early Modern Europe were attempts to suppress a pre-Christian religion

with members all over the globe believing our planet is flat

alleged lost empire

ID2020 is an American 501(c)(3) nongovernmental organization which advocates for digital ID for the billion undocumented people worldwide and under-served groups like refugees. Clive Smith succeeded founder Dakota Gruener as executive director in 2022. The NGO was relatively unknown before being publicized because of misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic by conspiracy theorists.

American conspiracy website

persecutory belief system

ethno-nationalist political stance

informal fallacy of emphasis in which outcomes are asserted to have been caused by the hidden misconduct or wrongdoing by decision makers

pseudolegal theory and associated movement

tactic often used by conspiracy theorists, especially Holocaust deniers, to deny well-proven facts

any conspiracy theory that posits that much of what is known about the Bible is a deception

Anti-Jesuit fabricated text

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