Originally Posted by ilnjscb

Good article; however, pattern recognition evolved for a reason. Just as allergies are an overblown immune response, a useful trait that can, when overindulged, be malignant.

Some strange theories, of whom many were initially skeptical, have been proven to be true. For instance, Thomas Jefferson on meteors, "I would rather believe two Yankee professors would lie, than that stones have fallen from the heavens."

Also Antoine Lavoisier (a great chemist who discovered the composition of air, and combustion theory.) He investigated a meteorite fall, and after careful chemical analysis came to the conclusion that it was just an Earth rock that had been struck by lightning. His report contained the line "A stone cannot fall from the sky; there are no stones in the sky."

Also, let's be honest, OP is a rank partisan, so for him labeling something a conspiracy is a silencing technique. Everything that supports his team is truth, and what doesn't is fabrication.

Belief in man made climate change, rather than its denial, would be a better candidate as a conspiracy theory, since it relies on uncertain measurements to posit a global crisis. The "pattern" of warming has been disproven even by its original backers, who now espouse simply "change".