https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl A brief analysis of the conspiracies that plague the runways en-us 2018-03-01 16:00:24 UTC 2023-07-27 01:08:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/236993275 Veronica Reid and 
Emily Adams ]]> 2018-03-01 16:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/236993275 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/236998142 Confirmation Bias
The tendency to look at only the data or events that reaffirms your  previously held beliefs.  

Conspiracy theorists often use the famous horse sculpture at the Denver Airport as critical evidence of the evil that exists at the airport. Due to the fact that the artist who created the sculpture was killed during his commission of the statue. ]]> 2018-03-01 16:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/236998142 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237004667 Red Herrings
When believers of a certain "fact" intend to use irrelevant information to distract others from the true issues.

Penises, Penises, Penises...
A famous Denver Airport conspiracist, Third Eagle of the Apocalypse, often refers to all the phallic symbols that he believes are present as evidence of true evil at the Denver Airport. 

]]> 2018-03-01 16:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237004667 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237011317 Proof By Verbosity
Using a plethora of information, quantity over quality, and the sheer volume as "proof" of their belief. 

This conspiracy website has pages upon pages of unimportant information that they attempt to use to support their claims of evil...]]> 2018-03-01 16:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237011317 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237019357 Suppression by Authority
When individuals and groups believe that "true" information is being kept under-wraps by people in a place of authority.

Many believe that this mason stonework is evidence to propagate the Masonic agenda. 
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Using a person who is seen as authoritative, often someone who  is "educated" or has a "scientific" background, to strengthen an argument for the trueness of "fact".

"One person who sees Tanguma's murals from a more wicked angle is Dr. Leonard Horowitz. A former dentist who now dedicates his life to the dangers of drugs and their implications for population control (or, as he puts it, a "Harvard-trained public health expert and media persuasion analyst"), Dr. Horowitz and I email several times about the Tanguma murals." (https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/denver-airport-conspiracy-theories)

On this popular conspiracist website, they use the authority of a former dentist to lend credence to the argument that the murals in the airport are symbolic representations of evil. ]]> 2018-03-01 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237026037 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237045196 2018-03-01 17:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237045196 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237045972 2018-03-01 17:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237045972 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237047311 2018-03-01 17:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237047311 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237055954 Patternicity 
The tendency for people to find patterns in place where they may not exist. 

Denver Airport conspiracists often draw attention to the layout of the airport, and it's similarity to a swastika, to prove the airports malevolent nature.  ]]> 2018-03-01 17:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237055954 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237065033 Agenticity
Assigning human traits and intentions to lifeless objects and/or invisible beings. 

Although places, in themselves, do not have the capacity to be good or evil, many people believe that the Denver International Airport is evil. 

]]> 2018-03-01 17:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237065033 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237071739 Perception & Observation
Often peoples perception and observations are skewed due to already held beliefs or opinions.

 "A Nazi gas-masked alien generating a rainbow (electromagnetic field) with the swish of his Muslim saber sticking the Christian dove of peace. In the background you have mostly ethnic faces mourning among bombed buildings. (Remember, I published this 3 months BEFORE 9/11.)" (https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/denver-airport-conspiracy-theories)

Many people who believe in the Denver airport conspiracy theories claim to "see evidence" in the murals that decorate the airport. Do they see this evidence because their minds are already primed to see the evidence even before they see the murals?]]> 2018-03-01 17:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237071739 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237565049 Take a look at our deconstruction of the conspiracy theories that surround the Denver International Airport. ]]> 2018-03-02 19:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237565049 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237571271 2018-03-02 19:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237571271 emclaireadams https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237576861 2018-03-02 19:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emclaireadams/r519euzyd5jl/wish/237576861