"Conspiracy theories,"

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What are some legit conspiracies in your opinion?

Less absurd conspiracy "theories" are still absurd.

Some conspiracy theories have the problem that aren't the ''common sense'' like autism. Many smart people need convince the obvious to dumb normapath people, like the father convince your kid that study is a good thing to make and will be reward.
And the ''elite'' invent many psychological control ways to make the people avoid (even mentally) accept that some conspiracy theories are many near to reality, own name ''CONSPIRACY THEORIES'' are way to ridicule the people. Owwn, look, this guy believe in conspiracy theories, he's paranoid, schizo, weird, crazy....
And, i believe that many stupid conspiracy theories like ''rapetylians'', are ways to deviate and confuse the people.

Which ones specifically are you referring to? I have just given a list of conspiracy 'theories' that are very much proven, at least I would say proven, such as MKULTRA, which we know about since the CIA were obliged to release information about it under the freedom of information act. So, which ones are you talking about?

It's time again to open the mailbag and respond to some listener feedback, this time focusing on conspiracy theory episodes. But before addressing any specific emails today, I want to respond to the argument that's far and away the most common regarding conspiracies. That argument is that real conspiracies do exist, therefore conspiracy theories are plausible. Julius Caesar was killed by a conspiracy. The Watergate scandal was executed by a conspiracy. The Iran-Contra affair was a conspiracy. Since conspiracies do exist and have been confirmed, how can I say that no conspiracy theory has ever been proven true? And, just so there's no ambiguity, I do say that: No conspiracy theory has ever been proven true. I stand by this statement as fact, given the distinction between a real conspiracy and a conspiracy theory. So let's define that distinction clearly.

Conspiracies, as we refer to them, are crimes or schemes carried out in secret by a group of conspirators. Sometimes they are discovered, like the three I just mentioned; and others have undoubtedly successfully remained undetected. These clearly exist. But they are quite distinct from what we colloquially call a conspiracy theory, which is claimed knowledge of a conspiracy that has not yet been discovered by law enforcement or Congress or the newspapers or the general public. They are, in fact, future predictions. They are the beliefs or conclusions of the theorist that they predict will eventually come true or be discovered. Here are three examples. For decades, some conspiracy theorists have claimed prescient knowledge that the North American nations will merge into a single police state using a currency called the Amero; that has never come true. Many conspiracy theorists claim that 9/11 was conducted by the American government; that has never been discovered. They've claimed a huge number of alternate hypotheses of who killed John F. Kennedy, and none of those have ever been discovered. The list goes on, and on, and on. Unlike a Julius Caesar conspiracy discovered when or after it took place, a conspiracy theory is of a discovery that has yet to take place.

I completely agree with you on the issue of the word 'conspiracy' having become completely demonized as to make conspiracy theorists mentally ill and immune to any kind of skepticism. This is not say that there aren't any conspiracy theorists who are ignorant and not willing to think rationally about things but by lumping all conspiracies together and labeling them as so negates the fact that some have been proven to be true. Not 9/11 and stuff like that and JFK. In regards to those, I think there is just too much conflicting evidence that the truth shall never be known. Even if the government came out and said 'yep, we did it', there would be conspiracy theorists saying that this was disinformation. Saying this however, things like MKULTA, Operation Midnight Climax, Engineered financial recessions, Financial Fraud, Fluoride in water-systems. I would say all these things have more or less been proven to be true. In fact, Abby Martin, who is a journalist for Russia Today the alternative news network, said that the CIA purposefully hijacked such a word to demonize all conspiracy theorists.

I was responding to the poster above me. And I don't call those ones you mention conspiracy theories. Reason being is so there isn't the mistake of lumping them all into the same category. The newer definition of conspiracy theory is more suitable nowadays than the original one.

Fibonacci, the fluoride in water being toxic thingy is unscientific and is a conspiracy theory. So you might want to do a bit more research on that one.

Concerning MKUltra, check this link:

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4373

5 million people in the Uk currently have excess amounts of fluoride added to their water supply and the affects on teeth, bones and so forth i would say are fairly established within the scientific community.

Oh, great, you're no different from a typical conspiracy theorist (your comment on fluoride in water gives it away). Next time, don't be so sneaky.