Mr. Paul Litterick, of The Fundy Post recently asked:
[A]re there instances of conspiracy theories that turn out to be correct?
To which I answer a resounding ‘Yes,’ but in three parts.
One: Any explanation of an event that references a Conspiracy is a Conspiracy Theory
This answer is simple; the explanation of the death of Gaius Julius Caesar [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Explanations'
Tripartite Division of Labour
July 5th, 2007 2 Comments
Tags: Explanations · History
The Worse of Both Worlds
July 2nd, 2007 2 Comments
Inbetween reading academic tomes and watching ‘Doctor Who’ I do, on occasion, read spurious Conspiracy Theory literature. As of today I have finished (read that either way) with the whole ‘Bloodline of Christ’ fandango that resulted famously in ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (and should have ended more famously with acres of media coverage of the [...]
Tags: 'Facts' · Courses · Explanations · Inference
The Old Oil Chestnut
June 11th, 2007 2 Comments
I seem to be delivering content to this blog at the moment and I have the horrible feeling that you (on meagre readership) might think this to be a) a good thing and b) a sign of further good things to come. I had hoped to dissuade you of this today with a filler post [...]
Tags: Commentary · Explanations · Institutional Analysis
A brief peek into a developing mind
June 4th, 2007 No Comments
I am currently using what little spare time I have at the moment to work on the coursebooklet for the next Continuing Education lecture series. I have, thus, been ironing out a few of niggling bits of conceptual work, not just for my sake but also for that of my future students. Whilst I have [...]
Tags: Courses · Explanations · Pejorative
Fisking Fisk’s fiskers
August 28th, 2007 No Comments
So, the world (well, bits of it) are all in a tizzy because Robert Fisk believes that 9/11 was an inside job.People believe silly things all the time. In this case, however, it seems people are believing silly things about Fisk.Sure, Fisk has said a number of things which we might questionable, objectionable or just [...]
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