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I have written my first piece for the official JREF blog entitled “Thriving”, which takes a look at the newest conspiracy theory movie “Thrive” and deals with the defunct free energy claims found therein.
Here’s an excerpt:
I recently started doing my skeptical due diligence with a link on Facebook that was connected to the newest conspiracy theory movie, “Thrive”, released just last week on 11/11/11 (you can watch the trailer here). If you are unfamiliar with it, this movie is basically Zeitgeist 2.0. It talks about ancient codes “burned into atomic structures”, huge energy company conspiracies and free energy technology, as well as the standard Federal Reserve, Rockefeller, and economic policy rants. Supporting these claims are people like David Icke, world-renowned conspiracy theorist who believes that a secret reptilian race controls the world, and our old friend Mr. Chopra. The movie also proffers that the Illuminati (useless conspiracy placeholder) are covering up free energy technology (which contradict the laws of physics) which was given to us by aliens who make coded crop circles, and have crashed on Earth numerous times, which the government covers up. When you align all of the claims that this movie purports to be true, it is hard not to think it is some kind of joke.
You can read the post in its entirety here.
I was curious to hear some of your experiences here. I remember first wondering where the hell all of you were, and occasionally posting to skeptical forums, like the JREF forum, suggesting skeptics get to YA fast because the skeptical viewpoint was virtually absent in crucial areas (like Cats; not enough skeptical cat owners). I also just wanted to thank you all for making me feel less alone here and enjoying your answers and questions. Keep up the good work, keep it civil (okay a little snarky… but only if they really have it coming), and keep citing your sources. :D <3 ya all!
Only posting this in AltMed, because most of you post in R&S as well the other fringe stuff.