Yes, a known one. You are known on this forum as a conspiracy theorist, mainly because of your numerous conspiracies involving 9/11 and pharmaceuticals.
As for your charge that it isn't a valid term:
A conspiracy theorist is someone who subscribes to one or more of the above concepts.
Osama and Al-qaeda are hardly a covert organisation. They have organised many attacks over the years, and are usually quick to admit to doing so. They are about as covert as a bull in a china shop.
The idea that 9/11 was a secret plot largely unknown by the public holds no intellectual merit, given the abundance of evidence pointing towards al-qaeda organising the attacks, the phone calls from the planes, and the general lack of any evidence that could in any way be linked to a domestic unit, let alone the government or another organisation.
I'm not outsourcing my opinion. Like I said before, you can disagree with the studies if you wish, but they have a good track record of being accurate. Generally speaking, the more studies, and the better the papers, the more accurate the conclusions made in them. I was encouraging free-thinking (thinking harder for yourself). You were rejecting free-thinking for plain and simple speculation. By not consulting experts on the subject at hand, and trying to come up with an opinion based on nothing more than your experiences (or lack thereof), your chances of coming up with any idea that is a plausible reflection of reality are remote.
When at a magic show, feats are performed in front of your very eyes that you swear cannot happen, and with the best magicians, you cannot simply sit down for a few hours (or days) and figure out the trick. These people are masters of deception, slight of hand, distraction, and numerous other methods that are used repeatedly and quickly in succession in order to create the trick. You may have some plausible idea of how the trick is done, but it probably isn't the correct way at all. If it were that easy to work out, we'd have a load more magicians in the world. The same applies for any profession, especially academic ones.
As for your last sentence, I can say the same about you...except I'd remove the first 4 words.
As for your charge that it isn't a valid term:
Quote:Conspiracy Theory - noun.
1. a theory that explains an event as being the result of a plot by a covert group or organization; a belief that a particular unexplained event was caused by such a group.
2. the idea that many important political events or economic and social trends are the products of secret plots that are largely unknown to the general public.
A conspiracy theorist is someone who subscribes to one or more of the above concepts.
Osama and Al-qaeda are hardly a covert organisation. They have organised many attacks over the years, and are usually quick to admit to doing so. They are about as covert as a bull in a china shop.
The idea that 9/11 was a secret plot largely unknown by the public holds no intellectual merit, given the abundance of evidence pointing towards al-qaeda organising the attacks, the phone calls from the planes, and the general lack of any evidence that could in any way be linked to a domestic unit, let alone the government or another organisation.
I'm not outsourcing my opinion. Like I said before, you can disagree with the studies if you wish, but they have a good track record of being accurate. Generally speaking, the more studies, and the better the papers, the more accurate the conclusions made in them. I was encouraging free-thinking (thinking harder for yourself). You were rejecting free-thinking for plain and simple speculation. By not consulting experts on the subject at hand, and trying to come up with an opinion based on nothing more than your experiences (or lack thereof), your chances of coming up with any idea that is a plausible reflection of reality are remote.
When at a magic show, feats are performed in front of your very eyes that you swear cannot happen, and with the best magicians, you cannot simply sit down for a few hours (or days) and figure out the trick. These people are masters of deception, slight of hand, distraction, and numerous other methods that are used repeatedly and quickly in succession in order to create the trick. You may have some plausible idea of how the trick is done, but it probably isn't the correct way at all. If it were that easy to work out, we'd have a load more magicians in the world. The same applies for any profession, especially academic ones.
As for your last sentence, I can say the same about you...except I'd remove the first 4 words.
