What are Conspiracy Theories?
A Conspiracy Theory is "a theory that rejects the standard explanation for an event and instead credits a convert group or organization with carrying out a secret plot".
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How can you be sure it's from a trusted source?
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Remember the internet is full of false information
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Remember that although the government can keep secrets, they are terrible at keeping "large scale" programs secret
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The Russians knew details about the Manhattan project before the first nuclear weapons test.​
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Find out more here
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Ask yourself:
"In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility...[T]he broad masses of a nation... more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie... [T]he grossly impudent lie always leave traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all the expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. there people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes."
-Adolf Hitler
