It was interesting to see how many people believe that the government staged so many things. It seems like those kinds of people feel like the world is out to get them. I enjoyed the firefighters words and the contrast between him and the believers. I thought the people who believed in the Conspiracy Theories were not very patriotic. Good to know some of the Conspiracy theories that are out there though.
I think that Penn & Teller’s Bullshit episode on conspiracy theories can be true but I think some of it’s not true to believe. We know the fact that behind the stories they tell us about each conspiracy theory because we all have take history class or have experience the event when each conspiracy theory has happen such as: JFK, Princess Diana, and 9/11. This episode taught me some of the conspiracy theories that is out there in the world.
I think that this was a very interesting episode to watch. It was crazy to see how many people actually believe that like 9-11 was plotted out by the government I think that it is kind of funny. The ones that believe that like we did not land on the moon and that it was all a sound stage that one was pretty good to. The whole JFK assassination thing for me is a little hard to really believe anything about it because no one really actually knows what happened, so I mean it could have happened the way they say it happened or it could have gone down the way the crazy people say it did.
My brother works for Russia's version of NASA. He told me that Americans DID land on the moon, despite the fact that most Russians do not like to admit that the Americans got there first. On one hand, I don't believe in the "magic bullet" theory of JFK's assassination, yet on the other hand, I don't believe it was a secret government plot either. As far as September 11th goes, only a "crackpot" like Rosie O'Donnell would believe in something like that.
I can remember my brother telling me that the landing on the moon was staged. He told me that because there was no gravity on the moon that it was impossible for the flag to wave like that. I have always been curious about this subject because what he said sort of made sense to me...I felt like this episode cleared up any uncertainty that I had. It was funny to watch how completely logical the explanation was and to see how easily you can get caught up in things like a conspiracy theory. Especially because so many people (myself included) just take other peoples words for granted without really digging any deeper. After watching this episode of bullshit, I have to agree with Penn & Teller on the subject.
I liked this Episode because of the fact that we watched JFK earlier this semester. It was interesting to see the different conspiracies, and how wrapped up people get in them. Once they decide that they believe the conspiracey, it was like they couldn't ever open there mind up to anything else. I could see where an individual might be told a conspiracy theory and totally believe it because of the logic behind it. I was the same way after watching JFK, i totally thought there was a conspiracy, but i wasn't closed minded about other possibilities. Conspiracies are convincing, but some people take it to the extreme, and anything to the extreme is not good.
It was interesting to see another perspective. It is funny that in BS they brought up the JFK movie we watched. I think they had a good argument against conspiracy theories. They attacked not only the theories, but the people who hold them. They made the believers of the theories look crazy holding no real evidence. The most convincing part of the episode for me was when they had that lady saying that people don’t want to believe in reality so they come up with something else. She said people don’t want to believe that things like 9-11 can happen. I can agree that people wouldn’t want to accept 9-11 or other theories mentioned and may try to find other explinations.
This showed a variety of conspiracies, and some of them were completely ridiculous. Others, though, like the JFK assassination, are easier to believe. I mean, we watched that entire movie on the JFK assassination, and the Lone Gun Man theory is hard to believe. Penn and Teller made good points, but the mainly just made the people look stupid. This made us think they had dumb ideas. Sure, some of them did. But many of the believers had pretty good points. If we just based ideas on perceptions of what people are like, only smart, good looking, smooth-talking people would be taken seriously.
This episode was very enteraining to see how many people out ther actually believe the crap that some peopl can come up with. I like how Penn and Teller just say it how it is and make fun of the people. I think the firefighter guy said it best at the end of the film, "Its just flat out disrespectful to the families of those who lost loved ones in 9-11. To actually think that our government was responsible for killing over 2000 americans that day." I think he is totally right. Seth K
Man, this episode was funny. I say that in regards to how stupid some of the people on the show look. I personally think conspiracy theories are pretty cool and I think there is always more than meets the eye, but some of these people.. holy cow they're dumb. I say that because of how far they willing to go to try and prove their point. That one part with the guy putting on the helmet and acting all childish, I mean how much did they pay him to do that, or was he really that stupid. Well anyways, some of the theories were bogus, while others seemed to actually have some fire. Penn and Teller, however, doused that fire quite vulgarly to the point that it seemed as if even the thinking of the theory made you look like a complete idiot. But well, I guess that's what they were trying to do. I personally think there's more to the JFK assassination and also more to 9/11 conspiracy regardless of what the firefighter said at the end and for all we know, seeing as how stupid they make some of the people look through video editing, the ones supporting a stop to the conspiracy theories could have been payed by BS to say it. In the end, no one REALLY knows, so it's always up to debate.
I thought this episode was very intertaining but I also disagreed with a lot of what it was saying. I beleive that the government does have some conspiracies such as the magic bullet theory and the JFK assasination. The thing about this episode is that it only showed the wacked out extremists like the guy who thought we didn't land on the moon or that September 11 was a plot by the government. I also don't think that we should beleive everything the government tells us. I think that just like the Watergate scandal, the government does do opperations that the American public would not approve of.
In the conspiracy theories episode, it was entertaining to see how teller and penn portrayed the people who believed in the conspiracies. I'm sure they could have picked more sane, well spoken, and sober people to talk about their conspiracy theories and it would have put a completely different light on the issues. Although I still believe conspiracies are far fetched and usually made up so people have something to believe in that they find more plausible than the truth. It makes them feel like they know something undiscovered by the rest of the world. Both sides have good points but it is usually a matter of stretching the facts and what "could've" happened rather than what is more obvious.
I'm glad we watched this episode of Penn and Teller, after we watched that severely on-sided JFK movie...
Seeing the opposing arguments were soothing to my incessant disregard for conspiracy theories. I find them all to lack substantial evidence that would withstand the tests of time. They soon die and whither away, as quickly as they were thought of.
Conspiracy theories make me fear for the mindset of many individuals. Why would anyone want to focus on the negative aspect in almost every situation? The world in a scary place, yes, but it is only that way because we make it that way. We seem to obsess over the most depressing outlooks, while we fear that they're actually true...
I realized that Penn and Teller made the participants in favor for conspiracy theories look like absolute nuts jobs, but that doesn't make any real difference to my views and opinions. I still find the evidence for them all to be more theoretical than anything.
Conspiracy theories do exist. JFK would be one. But to say 9/11 was a act of our own people against us is kinda hard to believe. On the other hand people need something to believe in I guess and need something to do in their spare time. There is always going to cry conspiracy when any major event happens that is just how it is.
It is hilarious to see people that are so wrapped up in the conspiracy theories in the world that they can't even look at the other side of the arguments. the guy that believed 9/11 is a conspiracy theory was just going off of what he thinks, it's like he doesn't even do any research on the facts. They believe what they think about 9/11 is so true that they wont listen to anything else. People believe what they want to believe.
I did not liked the Episode about conspiracy presented by Penn and Teller. It was trying to bash and dishonor the Conspriracy ideas by showing that people who believe in such things have some sort of mental illness or dsiorder. Of course nobody would like to look like one of these people and that may be the reason nobody would believe in such things.I have always strongly believed in possibility of existance of conspiracy of important events such as JFK assasination and the Patriot act after 9/11. This act allows any US resident or citizen to be phone tapped, searched without warrant, arrested, held without reason for unlimited amount of time , and sometimes tortured only by assumption of being a terrorist. I strongly recommend the movies: "Zeitgeist - Final Edition", "Zeitgeist - Addendum" and "911 - Wakeup call" for all those who would like to see alternative views of conspiracy agenda that is present in the world today. If you have never knew about the Bilderberg Group or Rockafellers and Rothchilds, you should definitely seek some more sources, other than mainstream media.
Some conspiracy theories are hard to believe. Some have little evidence to base a judgment or claim that a conspiracy theory exists. I still think that the JFK assassination was a real conspiracy because of the many different theories and the lack of the Warren Commission to make everything clear for the public. Some conspiracy theories are very farfetched and it surprises me that people believe in them. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I think it’s great that conspiracy theories exist because it allows one to question what it is they believe. If we believed everything others told us all the time we would be in serious trouble. Some people tend to take things to extreme but I think that happens in many aspects of life. I think you should always question it is what makes us human. Make sure you base your opinion on your core beliefs and look for evidence in what you think is true. Keep questioning!
This episode was fun to watch. Some of the people had really wierd thoughts about some of the conspiracies that they showed. Some of these people had no hard evidence to back up their story and they still disagreed and didn't want to listen to the other side of the story. After watching this episode I still firmly believe that the JFK assasination was a real conspiracy.
I never really get too much in to conspiracy theories. One reason is I think sometimes the conspiracies have good points and could be true, but guess what they usually are never proven either way so I don't want to drive myself nuts. One thing I would say about this episode is I thought the conspiracy guys that they used seemed looney and had very poor arguments which made them making them sound dumb very easy. I have heard much better arguments on all the topics on the episode before. As I said I'm not that in to conspiracy, but when you read both sides in depth like we did with JFK, we often find that the original story makes the most sense.
I definitely do believe in conspiracy theories. In no way do I believe our government always tells us the truth. But I do believe that there are people that need to see controversy in everything. I think it is harsh and ignorant however to think that our government would be ok with killing hundreds of people like in 9/11 for some government ploy. If they really feel that way about their government and the people in it they should go to the middle eastern countries where their countries really don't care about killing hundreds of their own people for their personal gain. I think if they did that they would think again regarding their thoughts on our government and people.
Also I think it's pretty funny how conspiracy theorists are so quick to try and disprove evidence like in the moon landling but don't do any of their own research to try and prove their own thought. It is extremely selfish and childish in my own opinion
I didn't like this episode, it was very one sided. It seemed like the people that Penn and Teller picked to argue with were not the brightest bulbs on the tree. Maybe if they would have asked some professionals or highly educated people what their opinions were we would have not seen this episode. I believe there are many government conspiracies that we the people will never know about. I don't obsess about conspiracy theories, I just think everyone has the right to their own opinion whether it's crazy or not.
This episode was very interesting. I really liked seeing different conspiracies and how people advocacy their thoughts. As I came from different country, I really didn’t know about what happened during the period time but I think the fact that the vast majority of the media (especially the big names like CNN, Fox, etc) is controlled by huge corporations is truth which means each media actually has its own interest. So I think people don’t have to bow to their interest.
I can’t believe that some people believe that every sort of global event that occurs is a conspiracy. But the people that Penn & Teller interviewed were not the most educated people and probably had some mental issues but that is beside point. I feel the JFK assassination is the only valid conspiracy theory but that still has a lot of unanswered questions to me.
Reading some of my classmate’s blogs I would have to agree with the comments saying that it is not patriotic, feeling that everything is a conspiracy. A lot of Americans died from 9/11, why would our government do anything like to our own people. It just goes to show you how inconsiderate and close minded people are, even our fellow Americans.
Reading some of my classmates blogs I would have to agree with the comments saying that it is not patriotic, feeling that everything is a conspiracy. A lot of Americans died from 9/11, why would our government do anything like to our own people. It just goes to show you how inconsiderate and close minded people are, even our fellow Americans.
Many people have stated the conspiracy thoerist are not patriotic. These are the people that are attempting to emplace the checks and balances in our government. I have seen how our military acts during a time of war, the measures the CIA will take to turn the tide of political persuasian. I've seen leaders die and money squandered over mondane details. For myself its not that hard to imagine out leaders, whether political or business, having had a hand in the JFK, 911, MLK, or Robert Kennedy. In all these events there was something to be gained. The most controversial these days is 911. I've read blogs about how could the gov. be behind such devastating circumstances that would kill so many Americans. I guess it was also a coincidence that we are fighting a war in Iraq over Weapons of Mass destructions that were never found and later conceded probably never existed? However our national debt continues to climb, financing these wars, and businesses continue to reap the profits of the war. When I served in Ramadi, We had American companies contracted to build Iraqi Police stations. The stations, when finished, were worth about $300,000 Dollars. However our goverment payed these American companies $3 million dollars to build these facilities. No the truth is they would contract down to local Iraq's and the American Companies or representatives were not seen in my area for the full 15 months I served in Ramadi. This is an example of why our greed would kill Americans. Its not the first time, just look at Veitnam, think of all the machinary we put into that war. Who made it? Who bought it. Think of the logistics it takes to keep our military running so efficiently. Businessmen are getting rich while our brothers and sisters are dying. And we think its unpatriotic for our cititzens to question the actions of our government or its officials????
With in the goverment there must be a few conspiracies that have happened. But there is no way that our own goverment would allow 9/11 to happen and shame on those people that feel that way. But regarding the JFK assaination that has to of been a conspiracy because of all the events that had to take place for that assasination to of happened. There wasn't just one man who planed it and killed JFK. But most of the people in this show, who was saying that there are conspiracy were either stupied or drunk. Not the smartest people around.
It amazes me how idiotic people can really be when it comes to things like conspiracy theories like these. I honestly can't believe that our government has played a part in 911, I don't see why our government would do something like that to our community. Its ridiculous to think that this monstrosity of an even could of been cooked up by our government so we could go to war. The pain and heartache that this caused would never be worth it in my opinion for our government to ever justify us going to war, not to mention all the soldiers we lost since we have declared the war on terror. Granted we haven't lost near as many casualties as in previous wars, but that is still not a justification for what has happened.
Conspiracy theories have really become an amusing subject to me. It's more like interesting to see how many try and pick the smallest detail of a "set" to try and convince others of their believes. How would anyone take alone United States of America allow such horrific act like 911 to happen? That had to be one of the most idiotic theory I've heard. What would our government gain by having thousand of our very own die? An answer that no one would have a logical answer to. Many of the people interviewed didn't seem like they had information that would support their theories. I would of liked to see intelligent individuals to have seen a more believable theory.
This “Conspiracy theories” episode was very interesting to me. I think those theories could be true but those should not be true. The most interested theory was “Moon Landing.” I have heard about the theory before when I was in Korea. I thought I did not believe that it was fake but it was very possible theory. I could know other side’s people’s (interesting) thinking through this video.
Conspiracy theories episode was very good that they talked about something we are now considering like assaunaust on the moon and some guy tried to convince us that wasn't real, and I think it was dump, who gonna believe him, right now we do have proof for that and every one belive that people land on the moon, so it's kindda pissed me off because he was making thing up, JFK how did he died, everyone knew how he died, and we did watch the movie, that a very good explanation for the whole history sceenes. Anyway that movie are just to entertain people, so I shouldn't say anything about it.
I’ve really never given much thought to conspiracy theories. I’m sure that there are some big events out there in our history which were conspired upon to happen but I’m just not a paranoid person. I don’t think that there are people out there to “get me”. Regarding Sept. 11, while I do think that the government likely knew that SOMETHING was coming, I honestly don’t believe that they knew what or when and without that information, they really couldn’t have done anything to warn us other than put us all in a ginormous state of panic! As far as the JFK conspiracy, I really never gave any thought to it until we watched the movie in class. The way that they showed on there that there was NO WAY that one person could have done it (the magic bullet theory) made me re-think it. But then Penn and Teller showed us how it COULD have been done by one person, making me re-re-think it! I’ve decided that it’s one of those mysteries that we’ll just have to wait and see after we’re all dead!
The only time I have ever really thought about conspiracy theories is while watching the movie “Conspiracy Theory” and while watching “The X-Files”. “The X-Files” are all about government conspiracies to cover up, among MANY other things, extra-terrestrial life. Now, I only watched it for entertainment but after watching nine seasons of it, it certainly will make you wonder. However, watching Penn and Teller and all the stuff about the moon landing being faked just makes sense that, in general, conspiracy theories don’t really happen. Though I’m sure that there are plenty of things that the government “covers up” or hides for the sake of national security, I think that’s good and for our protection…not to “put one over” on the American people.
Penn & Teller did a great job undermining the people in the 9-11 conspiracy scenes and the theories of the government being involved in 9-11. However, I do believe that some top level officials had seen intelligence informing them that Bin Laden's group was going to attack America. Why they didn't stop them or if they did not take the threats seriously has yet to be solved. The JFK segment was the only part I thought Penn & Teller did a horrible job of refuting the theorists. He tried to show he could fire a bolt action rifle in 4.7 seconds. This was really easy to do when the target was 5 feet away from him and he wasn't aiming on each shot. Try doing the same while hitting a moving target from the top floor of a six story building.
It was impressive and, felt like read detective story. Though this episode, I could be knew about some people believe conspiracy theories. That is interesting to me and then, that might be true or not. But nobody knows, well, while watching it, I could be thought about some gigantic mass media. If they get some advantages, they might make good news or not. I mean something which is government or big corporation might control their power for getting some benefits. So, I think that do not believe too munch them. Everyone should have own right belief.
Some of the major conspiracy theories of our time were definitely presented in this film, such as going to the moon and 9-11 and also the JFK assasination. I always thought that these conspiracies were false and no one believed in them. But as we've seen in the film that people really do believe in these things. If we look at these people and how they act and their personalities. We can see that these people really are crazy and are not all there in the head. Who really would believe that the government set up 9-11, where that was where thousands of people died. That is just crazy. Conspiracy theories really are there for people who are not all there.
i thought this was very interesting due to the fact that it shows you how easily the American public and persuaded to believe something or to not believe something. there is always two sides to every story. and for the most part i feel that a lot of what really goes on is hidden from the American public because as a group we are stupid and irrational but as individuals we are smart and that is what i feel is best is to hear both sides and make your decision or belief off of what you feel.
Conspiracy Theories really ARE bullshit. It was really interesting to see how easily Americans are persuaded by something just because it seems more interesting, like juicy Hollywood news. They're very gullible and want to accept things that have no complete proof.
You can create a conspiracy theory out of anything, and have many believe it, especially if you make your reasoning very interesting, or if you blame the crime on a specific person or company. We love those, don't we?
Well I'm here to just say that I don't believe in them - I'm sorry I have more faith in my government than that...
i like conspiracy theories, i think they give people hope. hope that tupac is still alive, hope that we're here for a reason. hope that elvis isn't dead. i do have to say though, this movie was pretty convincing, it made me really stop and think, why didnt the government let him have the files he needed, why did the government not autopsy his entire body? i think they agreed to give them the files so much later so that everyone involved would have killed over and died by then anyways so nothing really could happen, justice wise.
It was interesting to see how many people believe that the government staged so many things. It seems like those kinds of people feel like the world is out to get them. I enjoyed the firefighters words and the contrast between him and the believers. I thought the people who believed in the Conspiracy Theories were not very patriotic. Good to know some of the Conspiracy theories that are out there though.
ReplyDeleteI think that Penn & Teller’s Bullshit episode on conspiracy theories can be true but I think some of it’s not true to believe. We know the fact that behind the stories they tell us about each conspiracy theory because we all have take history class or have experience the event when each conspiracy theory has happen such as: JFK, Princess Diana, and 9/11. This episode taught me some of the conspiracy theories that is out there in the world.
ReplyDeleteI think that this was a very interesting episode to watch. It was crazy to see how many people actually believe that like 9-11 was plotted out by the government I think that it is kind of funny. The ones that believe that like we did not land on the moon and that it was all a sound stage that one was pretty good to. The whole JFK assassination thing for me is a little hard to really believe anything about it because no one really actually knows what happened, so I mean it could have happened the way they say it happened or it could have gone down the way the crazy people say it did.
ReplyDeleteMy brother works for Russia's version of NASA. He told me that Americans DID land on the moon, despite the fact that most Russians do not like to admit that the Americans got there first. On one hand, I don't believe in the "magic bullet" theory of JFK's assassination, yet on the other hand, I don't believe it was a secret government plot either. As far as September 11th goes, only a "crackpot" like Rosie O'Donnell would believe in something like that.
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ReplyDeleteI can remember my brother telling me that the landing on the moon was staged. He told me that because there was no gravity on the moon that it was impossible for the flag to wave like that. I have always been curious about this subject because what he said sort of made sense to me...I felt like this episode cleared up any uncertainty that I had. It was funny to watch how completely logical the explanation was and to see how easily you can get caught up in things like a conspiracy theory. Especially because so many people (myself included) just take other peoples words for granted without really digging any deeper. After watching this episode of bullshit, I have to agree with Penn & Teller on the subject.
ReplyDeleteI liked this Episode because of the fact that we watched JFK earlier this semester. It was interesting to see the different conspiracies, and how wrapped up people get in them. Once they decide that they believe the conspiracey, it was like they couldn't ever open there mind up to anything else. I could see where an individual might be told a conspiracy theory and totally believe it because of the logic behind it. I was the same way after watching JFK, i totally thought there was a conspiracy, but i wasn't closed minded about other possibilities. Conspiracies are convincing, but some people take it to the extreme, and anything to the extreme is not good.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see another perspective. It is funny that in BS they brought up the JFK movie we watched. I think they had a good argument against conspiracy theories. They attacked not only the theories, but the people who hold them. They made the believers of the theories look crazy holding no real evidence. The most convincing part of the episode for me was when they had that lady saying that people don’t want to believe in reality so they come up with something else. She said people don’t want to believe that things like 9-11 can happen. I can agree that people wouldn’t want to accept 9-11 or other theories mentioned and may try to find other explinations.
ReplyDeleteThis showed a variety of conspiracies, and some of them were completely ridiculous. Others, though, like the JFK assassination, are easier to believe. I mean, we watched that entire movie on the JFK assassination, and the Lone Gun Man theory is hard to believe. Penn and Teller made good points, but the mainly just made the people look stupid. This made us think they had dumb ideas. Sure, some of them did. But many of the believers had pretty good points. If we just based ideas on perceptions of what people are like, only smart, good looking, smooth-talking people would be taken seriously.
ReplyDeleteThis episode was very enteraining to see how many people out ther actually believe the crap that some peopl can come up with. I like how Penn and Teller just say it how it is and make fun of the people. I think the firefighter guy said it best at the end of the film, "Its just flat out disrespectful to the families of those who lost loved ones in 9-11. To actually think that our government was responsible for killing over 2000 americans that day." I think he is totally right.
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Man, this episode was funny. I say that in regards to how stupid some of the people on the show look. I personally think conspiracy theories are pretty cool and I think there is always more than meets the eye, but some of these people.. holy cow they're dumb. I say that because of how far they willing to go to try and prove their point. That one part with the guy putting on the helmet and acting all childish, I mean how much did they pay him to do that, or was he really that stupid. Well anyways, some of the theories were bogus, while others seemed to actually have some fire. Penn and Teller, however, doused that fire quite vulgarly to the point that it seemed as if even the thinking of the theory made you look like a complete idiot. But well, I guess that's what they were trying to do. I personally think there's more to the JFK assassination and also more to 9/11 conspiracy regardless of what the firefighter said at the end and for all we know, seeing as how stupid they make some of the people look through video editing, the ones supporting a stop to the conspiracy theories could have been payed by BS to say it. In the end, no one REALLY knows, so it's always up to debate.
ReplyDeleteI thought this episode was very intertaining but I also disagreed with a lot of what it was saying. I beleive that the government does have some conspiracies such as the magic bullet theory and the JFK assasination. The thing about this episode is that it only showed the wacked out extremists like the guy who thought we didn't land on the moon or that September 11 was a plot by the government. I also don't think that we should beleive everything the government tells us. I think that just like the Watergate scandal, the government does do opperations that the American public would not approve of.
ReplyDeleteIn the conspiracy theories episode, it was entertaining to see how teller and penn portrayed the people who believed in the conspiracies. I'm sure they could have picked more sane, well spoken, and sober people to talk about their conspiracy theories and it would have put a completely different light on the issues. Although I still believe conspiracies are far fetched and usually made up so people have something to believe in that they find more plausible than the truth. It makes them feel like they know something undiscovered by the rest of the world. Both sides have good points but it is usually a matter of stretching the facts and what "could've" happened rather than what is more obvious.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we watched this episode of Penn and Teller, after we watched that severely on-sided JFK movie...
ReplyDeleteSeeing the opposing arguments were soothing to my incessant disregard for conspiracy theories. I find them all to lack substantial evidence that would withstand the tests of time. They soon die and whither away, as quickly as they were thought of.
Conspiracy theories make me fear for the mindset of many individuals. Why would anyone want to focus on the negative aspect in almost every situation? The world in a scary place, yes, but it is only that way because we make it that way. We seem to obsess over the most depressing outlooks, while we fear that they're actually true...
I realized that Penn and Teller made the participants in favor for conspiracy theories look like absolute nuts jobs, but that doesn't make any real difference to my views and opinions. I still find the evidence for them all to be more theoretical than anything.
Conspiracy theories do exist. JFK would be one. But to say 9/11 was a act of our own people against us is kinda hard to believe. On the other hand people need something to believe in I guess and need something to do in their spare time. There is always going to cry conspiracy when any major event happens that is just how it is.
ReplyDeleteIt is hilarious to see people that are so wrapped up in the conspiracy theories in the world that they can't even look at the other side of the arguments. the guy that believed 9/11 is a conspiracy theory was just going off of what he thinks, it's like he doesn't even do any research on the facts. They believe what they think about 9/11 is so true that they wont listen to anything else. People believe what they want to believe.
ReplyDeleteI did not liked the Episode about conspiracy presented by Penn and Teller. It was trying to bash and dishonor the Conspriracy ideas by showing that people who believe in such things have some sort of mental illness or dsiorder. Of course nobody would like to look like one of these people and that may be the reason nobody would believe in such things.I have always strongly believed in possibility of existance of conspiracy of important events such as JFK assasination and the Patriot act after 9/11. This act allows any US resident or citizen to be phone tapped, searched without warrant, arrested, held without reason for unlimited amount of time , and sometimes tortured only by assumption of being a terrorist. I strongly recommend the movies: "Zeitgeist - Final Edition", "Zeitgeist - Addendum" and "911 - Wakeup call" for all those who would like to see alternative views of conspiracy agenda that is present in the world today. If you have never knew about the Bilderberg Group or Rockafellers and Rothchilds, you should definitely seek some more sources, other than mainstream media.
ReplyDeleteSome conspiracy theories are hard to believe. Some have little evidence to base a judgment or claim that a conspiracy theory exists. I still think that the JFK assassination was a real conspiracy because of the many different theories and the lack of the Warren Commission to make everything clear for the public. Some conspiracy theories are very farfetched and it surprises me that people believe in them. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s great that conspiracy theories exist because it allows one to question what it is they believe. If we believed everything others told us all the time we would be in serious trouble. Some people tend to take things to extreme but I think that happens in many aspects of life. I think you should always question it is what makes us human. Make sure you base your opinion on your core beliefs and look for evidence in what you think is true. Keep questioning!
ReplyDeleteThis episode was fun to watch. Some of the people had really wierd thoughts about some of the conspiracies that they showed. Some of these people had no hard evidence to back up their story and they still disagreed and didn't want to listen to the other side of the story. After watching this episode I still firmly believe that the JFK assasination was a real conspiracy.
ReplyDeleteI never really get too much in to conspiracy theories. One reason is I think sometimes the conspiracies have good points and could be true, but guess what they usually are never proven either way so I don't want to drive myself nuts. One thing I would say about this episode is I thought the conspiracy guys that they used seemed looney and had very poor arguments which made them making them sound dumb very easy. I have heard much better arguments on all the topics on the episode before. As I said I'm not that in to conspiracy, but when you read both sides in depth like we did with JFK, we often find that the original story makes the most sense.
ReplyDeleteI definitely do believe in conspiracy theories. In no way do I believe our government always tells us the truth. But I do believe that there are people that need to see controversy in everything. I think it is harsh and ignorant however to think that our government would be ok with killing hundreds of people like in 9/11 for some government ploy. If they really feel that way about their government and the people in it they should go to the middle eastern countries where their countries really don't care about killing hundreds of their own people for their personal gain. I think if they did that they would think again regarding their thoughts on our government and people.
ReplyDeleteAlso I think it's pretty funny how conspiracy theorists are so quick to try and disprove evidence like in the moon landling but don't do any of their own research to try and prove their own thought. It is extremely selfish and childish in my own opinion
I didn't like this episode, it was very one sided. It seemed like the people that Penn and Teller picked to argue with were not the brightest bulbs on the tree. Maybe if they would have asked some professionals or highly educated people what their opinions were we would have not seen this episode. I believe there are many government conspiracies that we the people will never know about. I don't obsess about conspiracy theories, I just think everyone has the right to their own opinion whether it's crazy or not.
ReplyDeleteThis episode was very interesting. I really liked seeing different conspiracies and how people advocacy their thoughts. As I came from different country, I really didn’t know about what happened during the period time but I think the fact that the vast majority of the media (especially the big names like CNN, Fox, etc) is controlled by huge corporations is truth which means each media actually has its own interest. So I think people don’t have to bow to their interest.
ReplyDeleteI can’t believe that some people believe that every sort of global event that occurs is a conspiracy. But the people that Penn & Teller interviewed were not the most educated people and probably had some mental issues but that is beside point. I feel the JFK assassination is the only valid conspiracy theory but that still has a lot of unanswered questions to me.
ReplyDeleteReading some of my classmate’s blogs I would have to agree with the comments saying that it is not patriotic, feeling that everything is a conspiracy. A lot of Americans died from 9/11, why would our government do anything like to our own people. It just goes to show you how inconsiderate and close minded people are, even our fellow Americans.
Reading some of my classmates blogs I would have to agree with the comments saying that it is not patriotic, feeling that everything is a conspiracy. A lot of Americans died from 9/11, why would our government do anything like to our own people. It just goes to show you how inconsiderate and close minded people are, even our fellow Americans.
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ReplyDeleteMany people have stated the conspiracy thoerist are not patriotic. These are the people that are attempting to emplace the checks and balances in our government. I have seen how our military acts during a time of war, the measures the CIA will take to turn the tide of political persuasian. I've seen leaders die and money squandered over mondane details. For myself its not that hard to imagine out leaders, whether political or business, having had a hand in the JFK, 911, MLK, or Robert Kennedy. In all these events there was something to be gained. The most controversial these days is 911. I've read blogs about how could the gov. be behind such devastating circumstances that would kill so many Americans. I guess it was also a coincidence that we are fighting a war in Iraq over Weapons of Mass destructions that were never found and later conceded probably never existed? However our national debt continues to climb, financing these wars, and businesses continue to reap the profits of the war. When I served in Ramadi, We had American companies contracted to build Iraqi Police stations. The stations, when finished, were worth about $300,000 Dollars. However our goverment payed these American companies $3 million dollars to build these facilities. No the truth is they would contract down to local Iraq's and the American Companies or representatives were not seen in my area for the full 15 months I served in Ramadi. This is an example of why our greed would kill Americans. Its not the first time, just look at Veitnam, think of all the machinary we put into that war. Who made it? Who bought it. Think of the logistics it takes to keep our military running so efficiently. Businessmen are getting rich while our brothers and sisters are dying. And we think its unpatriotic for our cititzens to question the actions of our government or its officials????
ReplyDeleteWith in the goverment there must be a few conspiracies that have happened. But there is no way that our own goverment would allow 9/11 to happen and shame on those people that feel that way. But regarding the JFK assaination that has to of been a conspiracy because of all the events that had to take place for that assasination to of happened. There wasn't just one man who planed it and killed JFK. But most of the people in this show, who was saying that there are conspiracy were either stupied or drunk. Not the smartest people around.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me how idiotic people can really be when it comes to things like conspiracy theories like these. I honestly can't believe that our government has played a part in 911, I don't see why our government would do something like that to our community. Its ridiculous to think that this monstrosity of an even could of been cooked up by our government so we could go to war. The pain and heartache that this caused would never be worth it in my opinion for our government to ever justify us going to war, not to mention all the soldiers we lost since we have declared the war on terror. Granted we haven't lost near as many casualties as in previous wars, but that is still not a justification for what has happened.
ReplyDeleteConspiracy theories have really become an amusing subject to me. It's more like interesting to see how many try and pick the smallest detail of a "set" to try and convince others of their believes. How would anyone take alone United States of America allow such horrific act like 911 to happen? That had to be one of the most idiotic theory I've heard. What would our government gain by having thousand of our very own die? An answer that no one would have a logical answer to.
ReplyDeleteMany of the people interviewed didn't seem like they had information that would support their theories. I would of liked to see intelligent individuals to have seen a more believable theory.
This “Conspiracy theories” episode was very interesting to me. I think those theories could be true but those should not be true. The most interested theory was “Moon Landing.” I have heard about the theory before when I was in Korea. I thought I did not believe that it was fake but it was very possible theory. I could know other side’s people’s (interesting) thinking through this video.
ReplyDeleteConspiracy theories episode was very good that they talked about something we are now considering like assaunaust on the moon and some guy tried to convince us that wasn't real, and I think it was dump, who gonna believe him, right now we do have proof for that and every one belive that people land on the moon, so it's kindda pissed me off because he was making thing up, JFK how did he died, everyone knew how he died, and we did watch the movie, that a very good explanation for the whole history sceenes. Anyway that movie are just to entertain people, so I shouldn't say anything about it.
ReplyDeleteI’ve really never given much thought to conspiracy theories. I’m sure that there are some big events out there in our history which were conspired upon to happen but I’m just not a paranoid person. I don’t think that there are people out there to “get me”. Regarding Sept. 11, while I do think that the government likely knew that SOMETHING was coming, I honestly don’t believe that they knew what or when and without that information, they really couldn’t have done anything to warn us other than put us all in a ginormous state of panic!
ReplyDeleteAs far as the JFK conspiracy, I really never gave any thought to it until we watched the movie in class. The way that they showed on there that there was NO WAY that one person could have done it (the magic bullet theory) made me re-think it. But then Penn and Teller showed us how it COULD have been done by one person, making me re-re-think it! I’ve decided that it’s one of those mysteries that we’ll just have to wait and see after we’re all dead!
The only time I have ever really thought about conspiracy theories is while watching the movie “Conspiracy Theory” and while watching “The X-Files”. “The X-Files” are all about government conspiracies to cover up, among MANY other things, extra-terrestrial life. Now, I only watched it for entertainment but after watching nine seasons of it, it certainly will make you wonder.
ReplyDeleteHowever, watching Penn and Teller and all the stuff about the moon landing being faked just makes sense that, in general, conspiracy theories don’t really happen. Though I’m sure that there are plenty of things that the government “covers up” or hides for the sake of national security, I think that’s good and for our protection…not to “put one over” on the American people.
Penn & Teller did a great job undermining the people in the 9-11 conspiracy scenes and the theories of the government being involved in 9-11. However, I do believe that some top level officials had seen intelligence informing them that Bin Laden's group was going to attack America. Why they didn't stop them or if they did not take the threats seriously has yet to be solved.
ReplyDeleteThe JFK segment was the only part I thought Penn & Teller did a horrible job of refuting the theorists. He tried to show he could fire a bolt action rifle in 4.7 seconds. This was really easy to do when the target was 5 feet away from him and he wasn't aiming on each shot. Try doing the same while hitting a moving target from the top floor of a six story building.
It was impressive and, felt like read detective story. Though this episode, I could be knew about some people believe conspiracy theories. That is interesting to me and then, that might be true or not. But nobody knows, well, while watching it, I could be thought about some gigantic mass media. If they get some advantages, they might make good news or not. I mean something which is government or big corporation might control their power for getting some benefits. So, I think that do not believe too munch them. Everyone should have own right belief.
ReplyDeleteSome of the major conspiracy theories of our time were definitely presented in this film, such as going to the moon and 9-11 and also the JFK assasination. I always thought that these conspiracies were false and no one believed in them. But as we've seen in the film that people really do believe in these things. If we look at these people and how they act and their personalities. We can see that these people really are crazy and are not all there in the head. Who really would believe that the government set up 9-11, where that was where thousands of people died. That is just crazy. Conspiracy theories really are there for people who are not all there.
ReplyDeletei thought this was very interesting due to the fact that it shows you how easily the American public and persuaded to believe something or to not believe something. there is always two sides to every story. and for the most part i feel that a lot of what really goes on is hidden from the American public because as a group we are stupid and irrational but as individuals we are smart and that is what i feel is best is to hear both sides and make your decision or belief off of what you feel.
ReplyDeleteConspiracy Theories really ARE bullshit. It was really interesting to see how easily Americans are persuaded by something just because it seems more interesting, like juicy Hollywood news. They're very gullible and want to accept things that have no complete proof.
ReplyDeleteYou can create a conspiracy theory out of anything, and have many believe it, especially if you make your reasoning very interesting, or if you blame the crime on a specific person or company. We love those, don't we?
Well I'm here to just say that I don't believe in them - I'm sorry I have more faith in my government than that...
Also, we SO landed on the moon.
i like conspiracy theories, i think they give people hope. hope that tupac is still alive, hope that we're here for a reason. hope that elvis isn't dead. i do have to say though, this movie was pretty convincing, it made me really stop and think, why didnt the government let him have the files he needed, why did the government not autopsy his entire body? i think they agreed to give them the files so much later so that everyone involved would have killed over and died by then anyways so nothing really could happen, justice wise.
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