5 Outrageous Conspiracy Theories in Science
There are various conspiracy theories that you may have heard already, especially in Science. In this article, we listed the best five from Science Alert.
1. Fake Moon Landing
In 1969, NASA made an astronaut landing on the moon. A weird theory that the moon landing never occurred developed in the 1970s.
The 1976 book "We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle," and the 1978 film "Capricorn One" both detailed the conspiracy, and as recently as 2001, a Fox documentary titled "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?" gave air time to the allegations that the entire Apollo moon-landing program was a hoax.
Numerous moon hoax claims have been refuted, and there is also the matter of the hundreds of pounds of moon rocks that have been examined globally and confirmed to be of extraterrestrial origin. How did NASA obtain the rocks if not during a moon landing? Why would researchers from all around the world voluntarily take part in the American space agency's scam?
The idea that astronauts faked their accomplishments has outraged many of them. Buzz Aldrin, 72 at the time, hit conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel in the jaw in 2002 after he confronted him and referred to him as a "coward and a liar" for fabricating the moon landings.
NASA detailed the Apollo 11 mission on its website, complete with dates and the number of hours the trip had taken from launching the spacecraft to re-entry procedures.
2. Chemtrails
Airplanes and jets leave long water condensation trails called contrails. The cloud-like tracks also dissipate quickly as if nothing happened.
According to the "Chemtrails" conspiracy theory, scientists and governments are dispersing chemicals into the atmosphere to create condensation trails. They speculate it involves bioweapons, population control, geoengineering, or an effort to tamper with the weather.
According to David Keith of Harvard University, Chemtrails adherents frequently harass scientists who investigate the effects of clouds on global temperatures because they believe they are involved in a massive plot to spray the atmosphere with unidentified substances covertly. Even chemtrails were refuted scientifically in a 2016 study, which found no proof of anomalous contrails or unexplained environmental pollution. True believers, though, remain unmoved, according to a 2017 report from The Guardian reported.
3. COVID 5G Conspiracy
The COVID-19 epidemic has likely sparked more conspiracy theories than any other event since 9/11 - from the virus's origin to almost every government's response.
Many people even think medical professionals are making up deaths from COVID while attributing these deaths to the virus. Conspiracies about medical treatment and vaccination have been fueled by a mistrust of "Big Pharma," which has been stoked for years by proponents of "alternative medicine" like Kevin Trudeau, the bestselling author of "Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About."
One of the stranger conspiracies combines long-standing worries about the virus with concerns about 5G wireless technology. Researchers revealed in the journal Media International Australia in 2020 that the COVID 5G conspiracy theorized that electromagnetic frequencies from cell phone towers compromise the immune system, causing people to contract COVID.(opens in new tab). Another hoax contends that monitoring chips embedded in the COVID-19 vaccines connect to 5G networks, allowing the government or perhaps billionaire vaccine benefactor Bill Gates to keep track of everyone's whereabouts.
According to CNBC, even the smallest RFID chips that could fit require a power source that wouldn't go via a vaccine injection because 5G chips are too huge to pass through the tube.
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