Conspiracy Theory

[DrunkenCow]

On 5/5/2023 at 3:28 PM, KoolHndLuke said:

Now the flip side of wacky conspiracy theories are the ones that actually proved to be true.

 

You mean like the time the CIA faked vampire attacks in the Philippines to quash a Communist revolution?  Good times...

 

 

[RowinOfShoalsRestFarm]

"When you go big, go BIG!"

and

"anyone that can read without moving their lips should know by now." ?

 

[Darkpig]

How about the entire plot of the 2014 film Kill the Messenger?

[Grey Cloud]

If Earth is a sphere then why are maps flat? ? Asking for a friend.

Edited June 3, 2023 by Grey Cloud

[Alessia Wellington]

1 minute ago, Grey Cloud said:

If Earth is a sphere then why are maps flat?

 

If maps are flat then why is Earth a sphere?

[Darkpig]

14 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

If Earth is a sphere then why are maps flat? ? Asking for a friend.

I believe smarter people than me call it a globe? ? I'll get back to you on that.

[AKM]

On 5/2/2023 at 10:29 PM, KoolHndLuke said:

And let's see how fast we can shut this thread down.

*Sniff sniff*  I smell bait.  NOPE!

[Grey Cloud]

18 minutes ago, Darkpig said:

I believe smarter people than me call it a globe?

A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. A model globe of Earth is called a terrestrial globe. A model globe of the celestial sphere is called a celestial globe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe

 

I think you are confusing the map for the territory or sumfin. ?

[FauxFurry]

 

[KoolHndLuke]

Devs express their opinions about a wide range of topics through their games if one bothers to look. They do so pretty openly sometimes. But other times they're more discreet. If you bother to read all the various little passages in "books" and other stuff, you'll find them alluding to current trends/events. Bioware, for instance, came up with the theme for Kirkwall and it's dreary, oppressive atmosphere right after being bought by EA. 

 

Not a conspiracy really. More of a secret message kind of thing. But cool. 

 

Edited September 18, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[Miauzi]

Am 04.06.2023 um 16:16 Uhr sagte Grey Cloud:

Ein Globus ist ein kugelförmiges Modell der Erde , eines anderen Himmelskörpers oder der Himmelssphäre . Globen dienen ähnlichen Zwecken wie Karten , aber im Gegensatz zu Karten verzerren sie die Oberfläche, die sie darstellen, nicht, außer um sie zu verkleinern. Ein Modellglobus der Erde wird Erdglobus genannt . Als Himmelsglobus wird ein Modellglobus der Himmelssphäre bezeichnet .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe

 

Ich glaube, Sie verwechseln die Karte mit dem Gebiet oder Sumfin. ?

 

And it is precisely for this reason that flat projections (e.g. the "Mercator projection") of the earth on a map are always associated with "distortions".

But explain that to a flat earthling.

It is interesting to note that the Catholic Church has NEVER called the earth "flat" or a "disc".

Please keep in mind that in many European kingdoms (see "England" or "German Empire") the representative symbol is the "earth apple" - which is nothing else than a spherical representation of the earth!

The two early European seafaring nations "Portugal" and "Spain" had asked the Pope for mediation at the end of the 15th century in 1494 ... in the "Treaty of Tordesillas" in 1494 the world was divided on the basis of a spherical globe (division of longitude) ... that was years BEFORE the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan.

How did the fairy tale of the earth as a disc - spread by the Catholic Church - come to be written into history?

Answer: Through the Protestant reformer Luther from Germany ... who led a propaganda war against the Pope and unfortunately did not shy away from bold-faced lies! Various graphic representations also originate from him ... and many after him used this "catchy idea" for their "culture war" without checking the truth.

 

I was also taught this fairy tale in the astronomy curriculum (my father was a teacher for this subject) ... it fitted so perfectly into the "socialist ideology". it fitted so perfectly into the "socialist" ideology - but also in the bourgeois democratic states of the West the same thing ("the disc model" of the Catholic Church) was taught in this context.

The spherical model of the earth was designed in our "western" cultural circle by the ancient Greeks and also the attempt to determine the circumference of this sphere by experiments ... which succeeded with a precision that is still amazing today ... 2000 years ago!

The heliocentric model of our solar system - developed in antiquity - was also known to the scholars of the Catholic Church and was even taught at their universities ... but now comes the crucial point -> it was forbidden to report about it TO THE OUTSIDE.

Copernicus is considered the "creator" of the model of the solar system named after him ... only recent research shows - that it was already familiarised with the teachings of antiquity on this subject during his studies as a priest.

The trial against the Italian astronomer "Galileo Galilei" was not about his observations as such - which were not disputed by the Church at all ... but about the publication of these observations ... but about the publication of these observations - because the Church wanted to have control over them.

[KoolHndLuke]

On 9/20/2023 at 4:59 AM, Miauzi said:

 

And it is precisely for this reason that flat projections (e.g. the "Mercator projection") of the earth on a map are always associated with "distortions".

But explain that to a flat earthling.

It is interesting to note that the Catholic Church has NEVER called the earth "flat" or a "disc".

Please keep in mind that in many European kingdoms (see "England" or "German Empire") the representative symbol is the "earth apple" - which is nothing else than a spherical representation of the earth!

The two early European seafaring nations "Portugal" and "Spain" had asked the Pope for mediation at the end of the 15th century in 1494 ... in the "Treaty of Tordesillas" in 1494 the world was divided on the basis of a spherical globe (division of longitude) ... that was years BEFORE the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan.

How did the fairy tale of the earth as a disc - spread by the Catholic Church - come to be written into history?

Answer: Through the Protestant reformer Luther from Germany ... who led a propaganda war against the Pope and unfortunately did not shy away from bold-faced lies! Various graphic representations also originate from him ... and many after him used this "catchy idea" for their "culture war" without checking the truth.

 

I was also taught this fairy tale in the astronomy curriculum (my father was a teacher for this subject) ... it fitted so perfectly into the "socialist ideology". it fitted so perfectly into the "socialist" ideology - but also in the bourgeois democratic states of the West the same thing ("the disc model" of the Catholic Church) was taught in this context.

The spherical model of the earth was designed in our "western" cultural circle by the ancient Greeks and also the attempt to determine the circumference of this sphere by experiments ... which succeeded with a precision that is still amazing today ... 2000 years ago!

The heliocentric model of our solar system - developed in antiquity - was also known to the scholars of the Catholic Church and was even taught at their universities ... but now comes the crucial point -> it was forbidden to report about it TO THE OUTSIDE.

Copernicus is considered the "creator" of the model of the solar system named after him ... only recent research shows - that it was already familiarised with the teachings of antiquity on this subject during his studies as a priest.

The trial against the Italian astronomer "Galileo Galilei" was not about his observations as such - which were not disputed by the Church at all ... but about the publication of these observations ... but about the publication of these observations - because the Church wanted to have control over them.

 Wonder what other secrets the various religious organizations around the world still guard jealously?

 

A subject that I've read a little about and am interested in are the crusades into the holy land and the "liberation" of Jerusalem. Heard a lot of rumors and speculation about the church's aims there. One suggests that the original super-secret "mission" was to recover a holy relic I think.

 

Edited September 27, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[Z0mBieP00Nani]

This is demonstrating that the FBI (and surely other agencies) work behind the scenes on online forums to instigate things in society that can be exploited for political purposes. Things like "mass shootings" and the cries for gun control afterwords. This one contains posts from 4chan specifically.

 

[Z0mBieP00Nani]

This is just something that makes you think. By the way, this is from Twitter, now X, after Elon took over and exposed the bot network that they had there. Twitter also had "ex" FBI agents working there, and I use ex in quotes for a reason. Consider this though, any corporate owned forum that is a place for people to share ideas and that is popular, like YouTube or other platforms could and probably do have bot networks that are just as extensive if not worse than Twitter's was.

 

[wolf5465]

Reaptilian invasion

[branmakmuffin]

Glucuronolactone is a mind control drug.