Why People Believe In Conspiracy Theories

Urban legends are social fears constructed into stories; to scare people from potentially dangerous situations. Just a few of these type of legends to name are: The Laundry Room Killer, The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs, and The Backseat Killer. These legends stress that you should be aware of you surrounding. They are quite believable as well, until you sit down and analyze the likeness of these situations happening. At some point you will realize they are too good to be true. Many people fear danger, therefore, they are more likely to believe the legends. Many families care about the safety and well-being of their friends and loved ones, therefore, they are more likely to spread these legends.

Any discussion on this conspiracy, however, will not be complete without talking what went and goes on in Roswell, New Mexico, or better known as Area 51. Area 51 is known to be a US Military Base where 75 miles away, there reported to be a UFO crash landing on July 2, 1947 that left an exceptional amount of debris all over the area. The Roswell Army Air Field reported that they recovered a “flying disc” but a few hours after this information was released, the government immediately said it was a “weather balloon.” RAAF even reported having recovered alien bodies but as expected, the government denied again and simply stated that it was the military men’s trauma from accidents. Countless witnesses during and after the reported crash date have confirmed seeing flying objects, crop circles and usual activity within the area. Area 51 is now conspired to be a place where they examine evidences of alien bodies, UFO crashes, etc, but the government refuses to confirm and have denied these allegations. More than sightings, as promised, let me take you in on one of the craziest abduction stories.

Just like in the Salem Witch Trials people are believing everything they hear. No one is researching it they are just going with it.

Conspiracy theories are everywhere. It seems that for every event in to have taken place in history, there is a group of individuals saying that it is a government conspiracy. There are conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11 attacks, presidential assassinations, Area 51, Jimmy Hoffa, the English crown and Elvis. The list is endless. In this paper we are going to discuss the moon landing conspiracy. Apparently there are people who believe the entire moon landing was a hoax. They believe that we did not actually land on the moon, but produced the event in a movie studio so that we would be able to beat Russia in the great “Space Race”. These people have taken all the evidence from the moon landing and analyzed ever aspect and tried to

Although a majority of conspiracy theories are a load of baloney, some of them turn out to be true, and just a couple of instances where the government is not completely truthful about an event will cause people to doubt its integrity. Belief in conspiracy theories correlates with anomia, a combination of interpersonal distrust and fear, according to sociologist Ted Goertzel. When faced with perplexing tragedies, conspiracy theorists' distrust leads them to disregard popular explanation and make wild assumptions about what "really happened". The 70s and 80s were a goldmine for conspiracy theories, and some of them, such as the Kennedy assassination, the Watergate scandal, and the Iran Contra turned out to be true. There had also been tensions between Iraq and the U.S. before 9/11, and people knew that Bush was pushing for an all-out war. Untrusting citizens believed that 9/11 was propaganda in support of the war. After several conspiracy theories had been proven true and people had reason to distrust the government, citizens tried to think for themselves and make up their own reasons for what happened based on evidence that could possibly contradict the government's

American history is responsible for the creation of conspiracy theories for famous ideas and events constructed by the government and made available for the public to either believe or disbelieve a hoax or phenomena. Merriam-Webster defines conspiracy as “a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators.” A popular theory to be defined as an alleged hoax is the end to the “Space Race,” accomplished by the United States of America’s Apollo 11 mission that successfully brought Commander, Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. to the surface of the moon. Neil Armstrong, a public icon, is memorialized infinitely for his phrase: “One small step for a

The famous events that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001 were a conspiracy. There is no denying this when, by general definition, a conspiracy is “a secret plan made by two or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal”, (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, n.d.). For the purposes of this paper, it is more beneficial to use Sustein and Vermeule’s definition which states that an idea can be considered a conspiracy theory if it is, “an effort to explain some event or practice by reference to the machinations of powerful people, who attempt to conceal their role (at least until their aims are accomplished)” (2009, p. 205). This is especially helpful considering that when most people think of conspiracy theories, they think of cases such as the JFK assassination, the moon landing, and the 9/11 attacks; all of which are some of the most prominent and influential conspiracy theories in our society. In the case of the 9/11 conspiracy theories, believers propose the idea that the event (the destruction of the World Trade Center) was caused by the machinations of powerful people (high ranking officials in the United States government) who attempted to conceal their role (by blaming Al-Qaeda).

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Conspiracy theories have been around since the beginning of time. When NASA sent the first landed on the moon, there are people who believed that NASA faked the moon landings. Men, such as Bill Kaysing, the Flat Earth Society, and Davie Groves, and Bart Sibrel, have written books, delivered lectures, and made videos about why they believed NASA faked the moon landings. Based on their observations which include no stars in their pictures, NASA's drive to beat the Russians to the moon, and a way to distract people from the Vietnam war, the group believes that the moon landings were faked.

Some people don’t believe in conspiracy theories. However there is a certain percentage of people that do believe. Conspiracy theories don’t really have answers to them. Someone makes them up based on evidence that we already have. These theories are for your own belief and there isn’t a right or wrong answer. My theory is that there are secret reptilian creatures living among the human race.

For decades now, scholars have trying to analyze conspiracy theories and their history and influence on modern day society. Many academic scholars from various disciplines have dissected the concept of conspiracy theories, and the different perspectives are essential for someone that is interested in researching the theories themselves. Authors Cornel Zwierlein and Beatrice de Graaf published the article “Security and Conspiracy in Modern History,” which focuses on the historical aspect of conspiracy theories. Brian L. Keeley, on the other hand, focused on the philosophical approach when discussing conspiracy theories in his article, “Of Conspiracy Theories.” The articles ask questions specific to their discipline, which allows them to

Throughout history, civilizations have induced fear in their cultures through superstitions or theories of the unknown. You may knock on wood before a tense event or throw salt over your shoulder once it has spilled. This is practically ingrained into your mind to escape bad luck. Superstitions have been used for centuries to either evoke fear in one's day-to-day life or give comfort to one in stressful times, this can go along with conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are used to give insight on the unknown and try to give reasoning behind a strange phenomenon. Theories can range from everyday occurrences that can easily be disproven to unexplainable incidents that still boggle our minds. We use these superstitions to let our guard down

Although I do not believe in ghosts or aliens, I did hear persons claiming that these theories are considered science earlier than. I will now argue more clearly on what is the difference between science and pseudoscience, and in future discussions I will likely be equipped to give an explanation for folks about how the scientific system works, and the way can the media have an effect on folks’s beliefs utilizing science as a groundwork to make movies and tv shows extra realistic. Apart from, i've also realized why individuals are comfortably dragged into these theories, equivalent to the fact that it's some distance easier to realise and recognize than science, which customarily uses tricky terminology and large research to arrive

Scientists have studied the paranormal activities, but were never able to prove its existence. Yet many people believe in the paranormal because of religion and beliefs, media influences, or simply the fact that people are intrigued by the paranormal.

Hoaxes have been around since the middle ages, around early 1600’s. A hoax is a humorous or malicious deception. People believe in hoaxes because the more they read or hear (whether it’s a reliable source or not) the more legitimate it becomes. A perfect example of a hoax from history is the “Alien Autopsy Film” by Ray Santilli. This famous hoax was created in 1995. We doubted our gut when people around us had a different claim. Hypothesis-testing bias is when people look for ways to prove a theory right, instead of proving it wrong.