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Most conspiracy theories become impossible when you consider the number of people that would have to be in on it. Sure, there are bugs in our history books (an
by jopsen 5y ago
Most conspiracy theories become impossible when you consider the number of people that would have to be in on it.
Sure, there are bugs in our history books (and lots of propaganda).
But if you discard facts reported in the media, then how do you know water is wet? :)
On topic: it's hard to know if classification makes sense. But I'll admit I don't really feel competent to have an opinion on the subject.
- slimsag 5y agoI wonder what the theoretical limit is for the number of people that can retain a secret actually is, with modern technology and all. e.g. governments definitely keep secrets, so how many people can be in on a given conspiracy-like government secret without major leaks that cannot be squashed through media, suppression, etc.? I feel like precursors to the Manhattan project (since the project itself was clearly widely known) would hold the answer, but wouldn't account for modern technology / communication methods. An interesting / fun thought :)
- jopsen 5y ago> I wonder what the theoretical limit is for the number of people that can retain a secret actually is, with modern technology and all. Yeah, it's an interesting question. How would you model it? What is the probability that an arbitrary person leaks a secret? Also I would assume that the more devious the secret the harder it is to keep.
- betwixthewires 5y agoI'm not particularly a conspiracy theorist on this topic, but I do feel the need to point out that hundreds of millions, possibly over a billion people engage in a conspiracy worldwide to hide the fact that Santa Claus doesn't exist from children.