I’m not a conspiracy theory guy but I seen the post on 9/11 on no stupid questions and it seemed more fleshed out than I expected.

So what are conspiracy theories that turned out to be true?

And what are the most believable conspiracy theories out there?

  • kryllic@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    Hollow earth theory is one of personal favorites, mainly due to how batshit insane it is, and how unhinged the supporters are. They make flat earthers seem like functional members of society in comparison.

    For the uninitiated: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth

    The Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space

      • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        The only thing I know Edmund Halley from is an audio drama I listen to. Is there a conspiracy surrounding this astronomer?

        • Wanderer@lemm.eeOP
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          9 months ago

          No it’s just he’s a very famous man. It’s like saying before Stephen Hawkins died he had a conspiracy theory.

          Though really it would me more like Einstein saying quantum mechanics is wrong. It’s just a scientist making a hypothesis and then being wrong about it. But the fact it started by such a famous person is kinda cool.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley

          • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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            9 months ago

            Edmond Halley from the Magnus archives is much cooler. He was forcibly drowned in a pool of absolute darkness belonging to a cult he was apart of and absorbed an embodiment of nyctophobia which he used to swap bodies for centuries effectively achieving immortality until he could somehow find a way to darken the sun. Real Edmond Halley is still cool though