Why We Believe Strange Stuff

September 29th, 2010 with 8 Comments

People believe all sorts of stuff.  I talked to some guy on Facebook who believes that Obama is an alien.  Got this other guy who told me that no one really died on 9/11, but it was one big hoax.  The problem with these guys is that you can’t really argue with them.   And [...]

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“Interview” With Glenn Beck on Conspiracy Theories

June 14th, 2010 with 6 Comments

Don’t Step in the Poop has reached a milestone today.  We are at post 100, and it is a good one.  The DSP staff was able to get our biggest “interview” yet—with popular Fox News and radio host  Glenn Beck.  It seems Glenn saw some of our posts here on conspiracy theories and Hitler, and [...]

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5 Wacky Conspiracy Theories

May 7th, 2010 with 9 Comments

There are a lot of kooky conspiracy theories out there.  But here are 5 that I think are pretty weird, yet believed by people (some of whom have a brain somewhere).  And just for fun, I decided to add an alternate conspiracy theory that I’m sure someone at some time will start spreading. 1. 9/11 [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Believe Conspiracy Theories

May 6th, 2010 with 15 Comments

When I was younger I dabbled in conspiracy theories.  I wrote a column for a now-defunct music magazine where I came up with Stream of Consciousness Conspiracy Theories (TM). Man, was that fun. Some of my theories included: Mechanics are a communist plot to bankrupt hard-working americans by chanrging a ton of money for fixing [...]

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