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Points: 6810 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2024 at 05:39
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

^ What’s the difference? What would be typical examples?


The CIA infiltrating mainstream media was a conspiracy theory that was/is proven to be true. In 1975, Church Committee Congressional investigations revealed CIA connections with journalists and civic groups. Today the media does not even hide it. The mainstream media companies regularly hire "ex" CIA operatives. 

The accusation that the Apollo moon landings were faked continues to be a conspiracy theory that has not been proven. 

Hugh Manatee's argument is not an argument.  Humans are indeed storytellers and they recognize patterns.  But that's not an argument.  Suppose we are discussing the chemical reaction of iron-oxidizing. I could state the fact that a molecule of iron has more atoms than a molecule of oxygen.  I haven't added anything of value to the discussion of iron-oxidizing.Wink 






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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2024 at 05:25
^ What’s the difference? What would be typical examples?
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Points: 1587 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2024 at 19:39
Well you see now we come up against conspiracy theories versus actual conspiracies.

Humans are pattern seekers and storytellers. Add imagination and anything becomes possible.
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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2024 at 16:54
Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

The problem with conspiracy theorists IMHO is that they think that it is possible to know everything.

This of course is empirically impossible.


A conspiracy theorist is someone who believes that certain events might be the result of ... conspiracies. How does that require to "know everything"? 
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Points: 18116 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2024 at 06:25
Originally posted by Archisorcerus Archisorcerus wrote:

Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

The problem with conspiracy theorists IMHO is that they think that it is possible to know everything.

This of course is empirically impossible.


Yeah. They think that everything can be unearthed as in TV shows.

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Points: 2709 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2024 at 04:31
Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

The problem with conspiracy theorists IMHO is that they think that it is possible to know everything.

This of course is empirically impossible.







Yeah. They think that everything can be unearthed as in TV shows.
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Points: 1587 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2024 at 21:57
Theory perhaps, conspiracy perhaps not.
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Points: 6810 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2024 at 21:47
Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

The problem with conspiracy theorists IMHO is that they think that it is possible to know everything.

This of course is empirically impossible.


^
Is that your conspiracy theory about what goes on in the minds of conspiracy theorists?Wink
 
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The problem with conspiracy theorists IMHO is that they think that it is possible to know everything.

This of course is empirically impossible.
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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 27 2024 at 02:25
Take that as a yes LOL
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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:58
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

BTW if you spent even half as much time making your own website interesting rather than trying to look like you know what you're talking about here, then perhaps people would actually want to use it!

Isn't it time to for a name change again? You know another one that nobody will remember?

Look, even if was true that my website sucks, in the context of this thread this is a personal attack (an argument ad hominem), since it has nothing to do with the topic we were discussing. Would you concede that?


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^ Sure, any wise webmaster would take the word of silly puppy as gospel.

Thanks for showing your true colors. You're still welcome to use my website, but on a personal level ... *censored*. LOL
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Points: 15347 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:50
^ my case is i just don't care anything about your opinion. You've proven yourself to be incompetent in complex topics. I'm simply dropping a truth bomb in hopes you can catch a non-subtle hint. But even the most blatant hints seem to elude you. There's a difference between an insult and the truth. A wise webmaster would conclude that... yeah! perhaps that's a good point. I can't seem to attract a larger audience because.... a defensive narcissist takes it personally as an attack. It's all perception. Oh wait! Perception cannot be validated by the scientific method therefore it has been debunked as a pseudoscience!!! LOL

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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:46
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

^ just some words of wisdom. You think that "debunked" means validated? It simply means someone doesn't like the info presented.

So what do you think: Does the neurophone work? 
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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:45
^ Any other insults? You know, they really bolster your case.Beer
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Points: 15347 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:44
^ just have the gonads to say what everyone else says behind your back.

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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:42
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

^ just some words of wisdom. You think that "debunked" means validated? It simply means someone doesn't like the info presented.

So you watch one video from some paid shill and weigh that against the decades of research that went into a technology and call that legit? Oh my friggin GAWD!!! You're so desperate grasping straws to prove you're some kind of intellect it's really quite amusing.

BTW if you spent even half as much time making your own website interesting rather than trying to look like you know what you're talking about here, then perhaps people would actually want to use it!

Isn't it time to for a name change again? You know another one that nobody will remember?

LOL


What a butthole. I rest my case. What's next, you'll fly to Sweden and defecate on my doorsteps? 


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^ just some words of wisdom. You think that "debunked" means validated? It simply means someone doesn't like the info presented.

So you watch one video from some paid shill and weigh that against the decades of research that went into a technology and call that legit? Oh my friggin GAWD!!! You're so desperate grasping straws to prove you're some kind of intellect it's really quite amusing.

BTW if you spent even half as much time making your own website interesting rather than trying to look like you know what you're talking about here, then perhaps people would actually want to use it!

Isn't it time to for a name change again? You know another one that nobody will remember?

LOL





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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:30
This is also pure gold:
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/indiegogo-flanagan-neurophone-crowdfunding/

Science or pseudoscience? Decide for yourself ... original US patent described here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3393279A/en
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Points: 21615 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2024 at 08:17
^ It's just a habit for proper scientists to reject the notion of "absolute proof" - but of course for practical purposes the scenario you describe surely constitutes such a high degree of certainty that you could call it "absolute". 
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