Conspiracy theory checklist
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ventaI'm reading "The Search for the Grail", a book which could well contain a lot of rubbish.
So far, the checklist for conspiracy theory goes as follows:
Page 2 - First mention of King Arthur (since it's on the grail, I'm prepared to cut them a certain amount of slack there...)
Page 4 - first occurrence of the phrase "seems too close a comparison to be mere coincidence"
Page 4 - First mention of Kinghts Templar (Hurray!)
Page 7 - First citing of Geoffrey of Monmouth in support of a theory
Page 13 - First occurrence of 2 consecutive paragraphs blatantly contradicting each other (always a good sign, this)
Plus, of course, the usual crop of arguments ex silentia and leaps of deduction.
Looking good so far :)
So far, the checklist for conspiracy theory goes as follows:
Page 2 - First mention of King Arthur (since it's on the grail, I'm prepared to cut them a certain amount of slack there...)
Page 4 - first occurrence of the phrase "seems too close a comparison to be mere coincidence"
Page 4 - First mention of Kinghts Templar (Hurray!)
Page 7 - First citing of Geoffrey of Monmouth in support of a theory
Page 13 - First occurrence of 2 consecutive paragraphs blatantly contradicting each other (always a good sign, this)
Plus, of course, the usual crop of arguments ex silentia and leaps of deduction.
Looking good so far :)
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Re: You can play at home too !
Date: 2002-12-04 02:58 am (UTC)* the Merovigninan (spelling optional) dynasty (10)
* Rennes-le-Chateau (15)
* the Bavarian Illuminati (2)
* pyramids (20)
Shall we write the I-Spy a Conspiracy?
Re: You can play at home too !
Date: 2002-12-04 03:44 am (UTC)I was most amused by it, actually. So much so that one of the Easter Eggs in my DPhil thesis is a Binary Decision Diagram with more than a little sacred geometry in it.