Conspiracy Theories: A Guide to the World's Most Intriguing Mysteries

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Petrunia, Paul. "RIBA comes under fire for hosting 'bonkers' 9/11 talk", Archinect News. Retrieved June 28, 2011. Dean, Suzanne (April 10, 2006). "Physicist says heat substance felled WTC". Deseret Morning News. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009 . Retrieved May 7, 2009. The erroneous claim that the combustion temperature of jet fuel could not melt steel contributed to the belief among skeptics that the towers would not have collapsed without external interference. The basic claim is false, because the combustion temperature of kerosene (jet fuel) is, in fact, more than 500°C higher than the melting point of structural steel (2093°C vs. less than 1539°C). Hanrahan, Mark (September 28, 2011). "Al Qaeda Calls On Mahmoud Ahmadinejad To End 'Ridiculous' 9/11 Conspiracy Theories". Huffington Post . Retrieved June 4, 2014.

David Aaronovitch, a columnist for The Times, in his book entitled Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History that was published in May 2009, claimed that the theories strain credulity. [77] He charges that 9/11 conspiracy theorists have exaggerated the expertise of those supporting their theories, and says 9/11 conspiracy theorists, including David Ray Griffin, cross-cite each other. [245] He also claims the popularity of 9/11 conspiracy theories has hurt the War on Terror. According to Aaronovitch, because a significant portion of educated Pakistanis believe that George W. Bush brought the towers down, dealing with the Taliban is difficult "because they actually don't believe the fundamental premise on which the war against terror was waged". [246] Al-Qaida No. 2 says 9/11 theory propagated by Iran". Archived from the original on September 18, 2009 . Retrieved May 29, 2014.

Conspiracy theories frequently emerge following the deaths of prominent leaders and public figures. a b c d e Taibbi, Matt (2008). The Great Derangement. New York: Spiegel & Grau. pp. 9–12, 148–166. ISBN 978-0-385-52034-8. Be wary of those who say 9/11 was a fake". October 5, 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008 . Retrieved September 20, 2009. Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report – The World Trade Center". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Communication. February 3, 2005. That explanation hasn't swayed conspiracy theorists, who contend that all three buildings were wired with explosives in advance and razed in a series of controlled demolitions.

Kay, Jonathan (April 25, 2009). "Richard Gage: 9/11 truther extraordinaire". National Post. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009 . Retrieved May 29, 2014. The '9/11 Truth Movement,' as it is now commonly called Klepper, David. "From election to COVID, 9/11 conspiracies cast a long shadow" . Retrieved September 8, 2021. The importance of gold and how it was to be secretly accumulated as it was the only true store of value The disappearance, and often presumed death, of an individual may also become a cause for conspiracy theorists. Theories of a cover-up surrounding the 1974 disappearance of Lord Lucan following the murder of his family's nanny include, for example, allegations of a suicide plot whereby his body was fed to tigers at Howletts Zoo. [64] [65] [66] Numerous conspiracy theories have also attended the 2007 disappearance of English girl Madeleine McCann. [67] The reports from government investigations– the 9/11 Commission Report (that incorporated intelligence information from the earlier FBI investigation ( PENTTBOM) and the Joint Inquiry of 2002), and the studies into building performance carried out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [25] and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [14]Articles supporting these facts and theories appearing in magazines such as Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, and Time. [16] Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd". Nmauk.co.uk. February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009 . Retrieved July 20, 2009. Brent Blanchard (February 2002). "A History of Explosive Demolition in America". Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique. International Society of Explosives Engineers. pp.27–44. ISSN 0732-619X. NCSTAR 1. Final Report on the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers" (PDF). NIST. September 2005. p.129. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2009 . Retrieved December 1, 2009. Feuer, Alan (June 5, 2006). "500 Conspiracy Buffs Meet to Seek the Truth of 9/11". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 12, 2011 . Retrieved May 5, 2009.

Samuel, Eugenie; Damian Carrington (September 12, 2001). "Design choice for towers saved lives". New Scientist . Retrieved December 2, 2009. Osama claims responsibility for 9/11". The Times of India. India. May 24, 2006. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007 . Retrieved May 29, 2014.Barber, Peter (June 7, 2008). "The truth is out there". Financial Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009 . Retrieved May 23, 2009. an army of sceptics, collectively described as the 9/11 Truth movement Psychologists sometimes attribute proclivities toward conspiracy theories to a number of psychopathological conditions such as paranoia, schizotypy, narcissism, and insecure attachment, [4] or to a form of cognitive bias called " illusory pattern perception". [5] [6] However, the current scientific consensus holds that most conspiracy theorists are not pathological, but merely exaggerate certain cognitive tendencies that are universal in the human brain and probably have deep evolutionary origins, such as natural inclinations towards anxiety and agent detection. [4] Aviation In February 2009, Aymeric Chauprade, a professor of geopolitics at CID military college in Paris, was fired by French Defence Minister Hervé Morin for writing a book entitled Chronicle of the Clash of Civilizations that espoused 9/11 conspiracy theories. [260] Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014. This event has spawned numerous alternative theories. These variously include allegations that it was secretly Flight MH370, that the plane was actually shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force to frame Russia, that it was part of a conspiracy to conceal the "truth" about HIV (seven disease specialists were on board), or that the Illuminati or Israel was responsible. [17] [20] Business and industry New Coke was manufactured between 1985 and 2002. Deepwater Horizon The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories". America.gov. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009 . Retrieved July 20, 2009.