Conspiracy Theories - The new Utterly Ridiculous Thread or is it?

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Originally Posted by akula

Where is the evidence that the Internet has killed critical thinking?

I can't imagine how much more difficult and constrained my research at uni would have been without instant access to hundreds if not thousands of journals online.

Maybe there is an under-appreciation of the potentially advanced information processing skills of the current generation as they adapt to their digital environment and the dramatic increase of information available to them?

I wonder if there was a similar generational shift following the proliferation of the printing press?

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There was. Catholic priests were horrified at the idea the ignorant masses could read the Bible for themselves, rather than going through a priest. They might get it wrong!
The result was the Reformation, based on the priesthood of all believers.

I thought Elvis was in Parkes......I've seen him there.

I think the moon hologram people got it mixed up.

It's hollow, not a hologram .....maybe some thought it was hollowgram.

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I thought Elvis was in Parkes......I've seen him there.

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I realise one can see a lot of oddball things in Parks but I doubt Elvis is one of them.[biggrin]

There is a difference between "parks" and "Parkes"! In Parkes, each January you will find several thousand Elvis. (Or is it Elvises?)

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Originally Posted by 4bee

I realise one can see a lot of oddball things in Parks but I doubt Elvis is one of them.[biggrin]

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(Or is it Elvises?)

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What about him being an Elvi ? [smilebigeye]

From memory (been over sixty years), if 'elvis' was a third declension noun, the plural would be 'elves', but that only raises more problems, seeing that is a homonym for the plural of a different English word, 'elf'.

The Skeptic's Dictionary

this will help you all, there are hundreds of conspiracy theories here.......read away

I don't need to read that as I am happy making up all my own Conspiracy Theories RB. [biggrin]