Conspiracies

The world has many conspiracies. Conspiracies are different stories told than what happened, or what appeared to happen. They go against what people say, or documentaries on what could have happened. The dictionary explains conspiracies to be an unlawful act that is usually secretly planned. Examples of Conspiracies could be the 9/11 conspiracy, the Illuminati series, the CIA conspiracies, and the 2012 conspiracy. Conspiracies can be defined as a claim, and the claim can depend on the credibility of the source, or where it came from. The source could have used forms of rhetoric to influence the viewers, and the credibility of the source can (and usually is) very biased.

Conspiracies are stories from another person's point of view. The person is discussing a claim. The purpose of conspiracies is to try to persuade the viewers to change their mind. So the first thing you have to look at is how likely the claim is. Some conspiracies seem ridiculous, like the ones involving the CIA and stealing people's brains.

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Some other conspiracies seem like they can be true, but it can depend on the credibility of the source of the claim. The source can be biased towards their point in the story. there can be a difference in the parties: whether it is an interested party or a disinterested party. If it is interested, it is less credible because they may benefit from the conspiracy. An example of this can be the 9/11 conspiracy of the terrorist attack being an inside job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-jzNfxKSio&feature=related

The people trying to come up with this conspiracy could have been against the United States and their government. With people trying to prove a point and get their perspective of the events that happened, it is hard to find a credibile source.

A disinterested party would be more credibile, because they would be making a claim that is more for their own interest, not gaining anything for our beliefs. an example of this would be the illuminati conspiracy, talking of a secret organization.

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Another thing to consider about conspiracies is about assessing the content of the claim. While looking at a conspiracy, using your own observations of a story or your judgement is better than believing everything you hear or see. Your background information on a conspiracy is also using your previous knowledge. People doubt the credibility of sources for conspiracies, because they do not know where the persuaders obtained their information.

The last thing to observe in conspiracies is the use of rhetoric. The people trying to get their message of a conspiracy use rhetoric to change the words, add pictures or computer animate the way films are portrayed. An example of the use of rhetoric is the 9/11 George. Busch interviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm73wOuPL60&feature=related

They do not tell you all information of what Busch was saying or what he was told. We do not know if he was told about the second plane or the first plane. The use of rhetoric can manipulate the mind of making people believe in what they see, with false or mistreated calculations.

Conspiracies will be in the world for as long as their is mankind. People will always try to influence you on believing in what they believe. The important factors to look at are the claim itself, the credibility of the claim's source, and their use of rhetoric.