Common Arguments Against Skepticism (And Why They’re Wrong) If you spend enough time reading pieces on skeptical websites, or commenting on websites that promote conspiracy theories or pseudoscience, you’re going to start seeing the same feedback over and over.
And by “feedback” I mean hysterical insults and accusations. Noam Chomsky on Conspiracy Theories avi. Interview with Charlie Veitch - The truther who changed his mind (part 1) Interview with Charlie Veitch - The truther who changed his mind (part 2) Freeman on the land. Freeman on the land, also known as FMOTL, FOTL, "Footle" or simply freeman,[1] is a form of pseudolegal woo in various English-speaking countries.
Freemen believe they can opt out of being governed, and that what normal people understand to be "laws" are merely a form of "contract" that applies only if people consent to it.[2] Freemen hold that we are all subject to a massive international legal conspiracy perpetrated for the profit of the elites, but you can hack the system if you just use the right form of words.[3] They believe only in their version of natural law, which they call "common law. " In practical terms, they believe this means they do not have to pay taxes, debts, mortgages, etc. because we were all deceived and if you say the right form of words, this fact will be accepted! [edit] History Freemen have also shown up in Ireland, causing similar concern amongst the legal profession there[17] and a similar lack of success in practice. [edit] How it's marketed [edit] Common law. Agenda 21: Death by Sustainability?
It’s a Friday night in 2021, and you’ve had a long, hard day.
Your job of stamping codes on malaria pills bound for developing countries is unsatisfying, but until a position in another section becomes open (and assuming you pass the myriad Fairness Tests for it), it’s where you are. Right now, all you want is to be in your Home Unit, off the clock and enjoying Dinner Paste #7 (real meat flavoring is a weekend treat, after all.) The electric bus drops you off at Building 844 in Downtown Zone G12. You walk in and notice it right away.
The light in the bathroom. Then you hear the knock on the door. This horrifying vision of an Orwellian nightmare future is what some fringe authors, conspiracy theorists and an increasing number of political extremists in the United States think awaits us if Agenda 21, the United Nations’ nefarious plan for world domination though social engineering at the local level, is fully implemented.
InFact: All About Fracking. This method of natural gas mining has come under close scrutiny from shock-doc filmmakers.
Do the facts match the hype? A lot of natural gas mining is easy; you drill a hole, the gas comes right up. But once you get down deep enough, between around 1.5 and 6 kilometers deep, the pressure is so high and the rocks are so tight that the gas can't move to your borehole. The Venus Project Seminar (20 October 2013) Zeitgeist, the movie Debunked - Part Two - Zeitgeist Exposed. Peter Joseph (creator of Zeitgeist) believes that I'm mentally ill because I disagree with him.
You can read all about it on his forums (linked from this forum post), with a blog-based rebuttal here. You better not disagree with him, or you'll be labeled insane next. Perhaps I'm crazy for pointing out his forum post? In this part of the film, the film maker examines the possibility that the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 on the United States were an inside job, that is to say the US government was either completely responsible, or allowed it to happen.
It also covers a small amount about the terrorist attacks on London on July 7, 2005. Monsanto Myths. 45 Failed Alex Jones Predictions. The Truth about Aspartame. The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease. by Brian Dunning By Brian Dunning, Skeptoid Podcast Episode 127, November 11, 2008 As a kid I remember hearing that the artificial sweetener aspartame would neutralize your digestive enzymes, and anything else you ate that day would turn to fat.
Although this makes no sense biochemically at any level, it sounded scientific enough to me and I was satisfied with it — at least enough to justify my dislike for its awful flavor. KONY 2012 & The Dangers of New Media. America: Freedom to Fascism. America: Freedom to Fascism is a 2006 conspiracy film by Aaron Russo, covering a whole bag of conspiracy subjects (ID Cards, globalization, false flag terrorism, the IRS, etc.), but primarily focusing on the illegality and immorality of both income tax and the Federal Reserve.
In the film, Russo trots out predictable Libertarian nonsense about how the the Federal Reserve is not a government agency, and is in fact a system of privately held, for profit corporations, that dollars are actually valueless as USD are not backed by gold, and that the federal income tax was never actually ratified and is wholly unconstitutional. [edit] Promotional lies. Disaster by Design? What’s Wrong with the “Thrive” Movement by John Robbins. A popular new film claims that a secret elite create our most troubling problems to advance a “global domination agenda.”
Why Amy Goodman, Vandana Shiva, and other progressives are calling it “dangerously misguided.” posted Aug 21, 2012 Letter to the Editor: Foster & Kimberly Gamble RespondThe authors of the film wrote YES! Magazine and gave us their side of this story.