A thought provoking site. http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/index.cfm

Some may be true, and some not but an interesting read. Just the thing to shake us out of any unthinking trust in the system, or that those in power are there for the right reasons.

The recently deceased Robert Anton Wilson was better known in the 70s, but for his sheer mind expanding take on stuff he's one of my favourite writers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson  http://www.rawilson.com/main.shtml

Again for busting belief systems, this time on matters spiritual and to do with the nature of our reality. 'Belief is the death of intelligence'. Some interestng links there.

He was heavily involved with the likes of Timothy Leary's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary research into the use of psychoactive plants as aids to re-programming the human computer....

His books are an excellent read, get you going and torpedo any complacent certainty you might have gained from clinging to the conventional certainties about the what and why of your life. The Cosmic Trigger series take a look at perhaps the nature of reality (what you believe is what you get), Prometheus Rising is builds on Leary's model of consciousness to set out a variety of routes to higher consciousness...

vajra-

There's nothing like a juicy conspiracy theory to make our skin quiver in excitement.  Sort of like a good horror flick, we know somebody's head is about to be chopped off, but we are compelled to watch anyway.  And then feel relieved when the lights come up and we leave the movie.

Having said that, we also need to know where the line is drawn between fact and fantasy.  Otherwise we end up being led astray in all sorts of things.

On the morning of 9/11, my wife and I were driving to work along R110 which parallels the Pentagon.  It was a bright, clear, beautiful morning.  And then it was transfixed into a genuine horror show.  We saw the plane diving into the Pentagon and saw and heard the horrific crash and flames.  It was a sight we will never forget.

So when we read that 9/11 was an inside job, that there was no plane crash into the Pentagon, that it was all a staged event, well, that kind of BS drives us up the wall.  

Conspiracy buffs will take any event (moon landing is a good example) and will turn it into a vast government conspiracy.  Why?  For one reason- to sell books or to otherwise profit.  And maybe to get a few kicks by sucking other people in.

Next time you read that 9/11 was a Bush conspiracy, ask yourself this question- how did Bush, who people say is dumb as dirt, manage to plan, execute, and cover up one of the world's most publicized events and do so after being in office less than a mere 8 months??  Even a mega genius with the help of many other mega geniuses could not pull that off.

So, there's nothing wrong with liking conspiracy theories.  They can be fun for late night conversations.  As long as we don't fall into the trap of actually thinking they are true.

R

Hi Ron, pardon the delay - I forgot to look. NO question but that what you say is true, although that doesn't mean that there's not the odd one designed to manipulate perceptions.

That said I don't think it's possible for that sort of thing to be common - it'd require a competence, efficiency of execution and secrecy I just don't think the system is capable of. The more extreme events seem a lot more to do with the way the dice falls.

All that said the likes of RAW is very well worth a read for the breadth of his take on stuff. It's not like to you take every word on board, but you can use it to trigger new perspectives.....