This is episode 121 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about conspiracy theories.
The New England Patriots have been involved in numerous conspiracy theories. During their AFC Championship 24–20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, several conspiracy theories spread stating that the referees helped the Patriots advance to Super Bowl 12.
On the day of the 1998 World Cup Final, Brazilian striker Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit. Ronaldo was initially removed from the starting lineup 72 minutes before the match, with the teamsheet released to a stunned world media, and then was reinstated by the Brazil coach shortly before kick off.
The "frozen envelope theory" suggests that the National Basketball Association rigged its 1985 draft lottery so that Patrick Ewing would join the New York Knicks. Theorists claim that a lottery envelope was chilled so that it could be identified by touch.
According to a theory, smartphones with microphones listen to private off-line conversations and use the data for targeted ads.
The Dead Internet theory is the belief that the modern Internet is almost entirely populated by bots and AI generated content.
Birds are government drones, spying on the American people.
Another claim is that world governments have hidden evidence of a once worldwide civilization with access to free energy and populated by giants, which was destroyed in the 1800s by a great "mud flood" cataclysm, causing it to be buried.
Conspiracy theorists claim that government agents are utilizing directed-energy weapons and electronic surveillance to harass members of the population. Theorists often cite research into psychotronic weapons such as LSD, the Cuban Health Attacks, and the Microwave Auditory Effect as proof of their theory.
Conspiracy theorists often believe in new military technologies. Subjects of theories include: The alleged Philadelphia Experiment, a supposed attempt to turn a US Navy warship invisible, but instead resulted in time travel; and the "tsunami bomb", which is alleged to have caused the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Numerous theories pertain to the alleged suppression of certain technologies and energies. Such theories focus on the allegations of the suppression of the electric car by fossil-fuel companies, and the Phoebus cartel, set up in 1924, which has been accused of suppressing longer-lasting light bulbs.
Radio frequency identification chips, such as those implanted into pets as a means of tracking, have drawn the interest of conspiracy theorists who posit that this technology is secretly implanted in humans.
Flat-earther conspiracy theorists hold that planet Earth is not a sphere, and that evidence has been faked or suppressed to hide the fact that it is instead a disc. Other claims include that GPS devices are rigged to make aircraft pilots wrongly believe they are flying around a globe.
Numerous theories pertain to weather-controlling projects. Theories include the debunked assertion that HAARP, a radio-technology research program funded by the US government, is a secret weather-controlling system. Some theorists have blamed 2005's Hurricane Katrina on HAARP.
Among the foremost concerns of conspiracy theorists are questions of alien life; for example, allegations of government cover-ups of the Roswell UFO incident or activity at Area 51. Many conspiracy theories have drawn inspiration from the writings of ancient astronaut proponent Zecharia Sitchin, who declared that the Anunnaki from Sumerian mythology was actually a race of extraterrestrial beings who came to Earth around 500,000 years ago in order to mine gold.
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