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New England Patriots

Does the section about the new england patriots really belong here haha

The Port Chicago nuclear explosion theory is controversial but not debunked.

No authority is provided for the assertion that the Port Chicago nuclear explosion theory has been debunked. Since there has been no official investigation of the theory, that assertion is an inaccurate assumption, which amounts to an ungrounded counter-counter theory. On the other hand, the well-documented link to the Manhattan Project bears further investigation. A team of Manhattan Project scientists and engineers visited the site to study the "effects of the detonation" (-- note the experimental language.) They used that data to establish the first realistic estimates of the blast damage from the atomic bomb. These are some of many under-examined facts that warrant further investigation of the controversial theory. PCWitness (talk) 16:49, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

covid 19 Lab Leak Theory doesn't belong here

The issue is not settled. The lab leak theory has been supported by the FBI and will likely result in the US leaving the WHO. 2600:6C40:4C00:463:B3F1:B0A3:3D9D:9B4C (talk) 06:25, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

THen we can wait. Slatersteven (talk) 10:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If it is a reasonable thoery and not settled it needs to be removed. If it is not it just exposes your personal bias which is not appropriate for a wiki article. Jinventor (talk) 02:34, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

An edit request was made by a new editor at Conspiracy theory, which requested changes to this page. As the requested change was accurate, sourceable and WP:DUE, I went ahead and made it. Note to the editor, please be mindful of where you make your edit requests. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:38, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please add Hollow Earth theory

The hollow earth theory is also a conspiration theory, please add it, it is important because the earth is filled with lava and people I know tell me that the reason why it is not mentioned is, that is is true. 2A02:810D:8EC0:5D12:FD49:9C9E:B162:A1BF (talk) 17:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It maybe, but mainly fringe science, no I do not think it is a big enough one to be used as a meaningful example. Slatersteven (talk) 17:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There have been books writen about it but they are mostly science fiction or fantasy type books. I agree that it may not be a big enough theory to go here. Jinventor (talk) 02:36, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Smartphones listening on on private conversations

Why is this even here? Haven't Google Amazon and Apple all already been fined for doing this? Didn't they admit to doing it also? Maybe this is just old but I know there are news articles that talk about it and how their people who were listening in and laughing . Much of the time this would have been through a smart home assistant like a Google home but that's not very dissimilar from a phone . You can get Amazon Alexa on your phone along with all the other smart assistants. Jinventor (talk) 02:45, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what sites are considered reputable but this took me like 10 seconds to find. Jinventor (talk) 02:46, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://nypost.com/2024/09/03/business/marketing-firm-spies-on-you-through-your-phones-microphone-report/ Jinventor (talk) 02:47, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]