![]() ![]() You too can enjoy all the fame, embarrassment and lawsuits that conspiracy theorists enjoy. These include famous United States senators like joe McCarthy, beloved American generals like Colin Powell, past American presidents like Donald Trump, and of course raving lunatics like Alex Jones. Now, before we get into the details of how to do this, first, it should be noted that quite a few notable people have achieved notoriety and success by embracing conspiracy theories. View SyllabusĬongratulations, you have reached the last week of Conspiracy Planet and it is time for your ultimate challenge, create your own conspiracy theory. What are we to make of these claims? What do they say about our societies? How do they impact history, or reflect larger historical trends? How do we understand the context of these ideas? And how do we understand them in relation to objectively confirmed conspiracies, of which there are at least as many? How do we know when a conspiracy has really happened, and cannot simply be dismissed as a ‘theory’? We will grapple with these questions together through short videos, quizzes that will help you check your understanding of the material, discussion, and a final project in which you will create your own conspiracy theory. ![]() Millions of people around the world believe in conspiracy theories like The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, or that AIDS was deliberately created by governments and pharmaceutical companies, or that on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center complex was downed not by airplanes, but by a “controlled demolition” masterminded by the United States national security state. ![]() "One of the latest theories is that it was a meeting or blending of the light of Venus with the planet of Jupiter because they were so close together," Horkheimer said.This course is for anyone interested in conspiracy theories. So what was the Christmas star that the wise men used as a beacon to guide them to Bethlehem? "It's the kind of thing that a cave man would walk out and see this magnificence in the sky and couldn't help but wonder," he said. Horkheimer says he has a 1,000-year-old Peruvian burial urn portraying the spectacle. The conjunction of the two has been portrayed in cave drawings and on ancient pottery. "When it appears with the moon crescent, planetariums' phones around the country will ring off the hook." "Whenever Venus appears at the time of Christmas, it always causes a lot of conversation," Horkheimer said. The last time it happened on Christmas Eve and night was 1965, he said. The close juxtaposition of the two near Christmas occurs about every 25 years, Horkheimer said. Venus, currently about 26 million miles away, is so bright because it is covered with white, reflective clouds. "This is one of those wonderful events that, even if you are in a brilliantly lit up city, like downtown Los Angeles or New York, will be visible." "It's going to look like the kind of thing you have seen on Christmas cards for the past 100 years," said Jack Horkheimer, executive director of the Miami Planetarium. If the sky is clear, Venus - in its three-quarter phase - should be visible Christmas night just below the two-day-old crescent moon for about one to 1 1/2 hours after sunset, a repeat of Christmas Eve. The moon and the planet Venus are giving North America a Christmas card this holiday, conjuring up the biblical story of how a bright object in the sky led three wise men to the infant Jesus. ![]()
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