pseudoscience

Conspiracy theories tagged "pseudoscience."

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Bermuda Triangle — Ships and Aircraft Disappear
Debunked

Bermuda Triangle — Ships and Aircraft Disappear

The Bermuda Triangle conspiracy: Flight 19, missing ships, supernatural claims, and why Lloyd's of London finds no unusual risk. Origins, evidence, debunking.

1950 · United States
Flat Earth Theory
Debunked

Flat Earth Theory

How millions of people came to reject centuries of science and believe the Earth is flat — the history, the psychology, and the YouTube algorithm that supercharged a fringe belief into a global movement.

1849 · United Kingdom
Debunked

Free Energy Suppression

The free energy suppression conspiracy claims oil companies and governments hide working perpetual motion and zero-point energy devices. Examine the evidence.

1900s · United States
Hollow Earth Theory
Debunked

Hollow Earth Theory

The Hollow Earth theory claims our planet contains vast interior civilizations accessible through polar openings. Explore its origins, key claims, and science.

1692 · United Kingdom
Debunked

21 Grams — The Weight of the Soul Experiment

Dr. Duncan MacDougall's 1907 experiment claimed human bodies lose precisely 21 grams at death, suggesting a measurable soul — the experiment had only 6 subjects

1907 · United States
The Philadelphia Experiment
Debunked

The Philadelphia Experiment

The debunked claim that the US Navy made the USS Eldridge invisible and teleported it in 1943. Origins, Carlos Allende's letters, and the facts.

1955 · United States
Debunked

Electric Universe Theory

The Electric Universe theory claims electromagnetic forces, not gravity, shape the cosmos — and that mainstream physics is a suppressed deception. Origins, claims, and debunking.

1960s · International
Expanding Earth Theory
Debunked

Expanding Earth Theory

The Expanding Earth theory claims our planet has grown significantly over geologic time. Once a serious hypothesis, now debunked by satellite geodesy and plate tectonics.

1889 · International
Orgone Energy Suppression
Debunked

Orgone Energy Suppression

Wilhelm Reich claimed to discover a universal life energy called orgone that could cure cancer and control weather. The FDA destroyed his work and jailed him. Was it suppression or pseudoscience?

1930s · Austria
Debunked

Scalar Wave Weapons

The scalar weapons conspiracy theory claims Tesla-derived scalar electromagnetic waves have been weaponized for weather control, mind control, and remote destruction. Here's why physics says otherwise.

1981 · United States