01 March 2026

While I Enjoy Them

While I enjoy a good conspiracy theory, I don't indulge in them.

I also don't much tolerate the theorists either.

I will smile politely while they spew, occasionally grunting or nodding, but mostly I'm waiting for them to run down and talk to someone else for a while.

It has been so for me since I discovered Occam's Razor.

So, using the barometer of "the simplest explanation that fits all of the known facts is likely the truth."

The holocaust happened.

Lee Harvey Oswald, working alone, shot and killed president Kennedy.

The United States, in six separate missions, landed 12 men on the moon and returned them safely to earth.

The white cloud behind an airplane at high altitude is just the water vapor from the exhaust freezing.

All helicopters are black under the paint.

Every train full of armored vehicles is on a rail line that leads to or from a depot or training center. 

Not every time US and Israeli interests align means that Israel controls Washington DC.

It's almost never "The Jews."  Antisemitic conspiracy theories have their own section in many lists.  I've covered USS Liberty before.

Near as I can tell, enthusiasts for such theories don't read history or pay much attention to politics.

2 comments:

  1. Needlessly, let’s also assert that the earth is a spherical solid and birds are just small flying animals.

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