Questions tagged [conspiracy]
For questions about plans to do something unlawful or controversial, most often in secrecy.
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How do you hide an investigation of alien ruins on the moon during Apollo 11?
Picture this: it is the 1960s and the NASA is getting ready to take its moonshot. But in addition to all the other reasons for the going to the moon, the U.S. government has conclusive evidence that ...
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Most efficient way to covertly obtain antimatter for a weapon
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Suppose that, sometime in the future, terrorists and conspicuously-evil nations and politicians are tired of using regular old nuclear bombs to destroy their rivals' cities - cities on the ...
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How would the government cover up a nuclear war? [closed]
Suppose that during the height of the Cold War, nuclear war unknowingly breaks out. Seemingly "on accident", by the actions of a certain group of individuals, the nuclear missiles get ...
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What would be done if a machine went haywire and all the scientists died? [closed]
Not sure how to word the title. In my story a piece of secret US technology was being tested in the congo, but it ended up exploding and causing a temporal anomaly that send anyone within its radius ...
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Geopolitical ramifications of a faked Apollo 11 Moon landing being exposed?
Imagine it's an alternate July 20th, 1969. The American people and anybody with a television set watch as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step out of the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle and become the first ...
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Why doesn't my memory-manipulating illuminati routinely sweep new species for immunity to their mind control? [closed]
My story is set in the late 90s, in an alternate reality where elves, dwarves, vampires, werewolves and the like all secretly live amongst the human race. Initially the masquerade trope is played ...
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What could prevent the leadership of a vast conspiracy from defecting, individually or in groups, other than fear or greed?
From the answers on my previous post, What reasons would motivate even low level personnel of vast secret organizations to keep the secret going, other than fear?, it seems that low level personnel ...
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What key positions in 1969 USA would aliens need to influence to control the US nuclear arsenal?
It is 1969, the conspiracy theorists are all correct and aliens are secretly trying to control everything. But
the Reptoids are refugees
very limited in number
concerned about being exposed
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Could the President stop an alien President copy from nuking Washington DC?
My world is parallel to ours, except alien doppelgangers have infiltrated human society for generations to hide from their enemies in space. They have positioned themselves to stop their rivals from ...
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Mysterious Unexplained Appearance of Feature Films (live-action or animated) -- Who will notice? Who will care?
In the modern age, it doesn't take much (cheap commodity cameras, plus actors) to make a film, and quite a bit of animation can be done by a single shut-in with a computer.
But to make something ...
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How can I convince the public that the evidence I have gathered is legitimate? [closed]
I have uncovered evidence of an international organization called the scp foundation that is supported and funded by various governments around the world. This organization investigates the paranormal ...
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How do rulers get rich from war?
For centuries, the rulers of the elven and human kingdoms have conspired to keep their peoples in a constant state of war with the sole purpose of making both of them extremely wealthy.
Given, there ...
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How could we fake a moon landing now?
The moon landings actually happened, and there's plenty of contemporaneous evidence of it. But what if the United States government wanted to fake a moon landing now?
We have the technology to ...
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An Undercover Army
Suppose you want to invade Russia. But, beating it in a conventional or nuclear war isn't possible for your people for some reason.
What if, instead, you line up 500,000 soldiers to move to Russia ...
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Most effective Faraday-Cage hat design to avoid government spying
A tin foil hat is a hat made from one or more sheets of aluminium
foil, or a piece of conventional headgear lined with foil, worn in the
belief or hope that it shields the brain from threats such ...
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How to “freeze” the world for a day to faciliate the dispersal of presents by Santa Claus? [closed]
In my world, Santa Claus is the head of a large, super-secret organization that utilizes advanced technology and paramilitarily organized elves to distribute presents to billions of households on an ...
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One additional day of the year in order to faciliate present dispersal by Santa Claus [duplicate]
In my world, Santa Claus is the head of a large, super-secret organization that employs a large army of paramilitarily organized elves to disperse presents at Christmas, utilizing automated factories ...
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How can rogue governments be prevented from violating the Santa Secrecy Pact?
In my world, Santa Claus is not a squid who employs quantum tunneling, as implied by some questions here. He is neither a hyperdimensional being or superhuman. Instead, he is the head of a major ...
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For how long can I hide the discovery of a new continent?
I've got a late middle-age like world, with a situation similar to Europe/America: one continent has a technological advance, and enough sailing skills to discover the other continent.
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Lying to prevent mass hysteria?
Say a huge asteroid came along, around the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. It was unnoticed for quite a while, similar to the 2018 GE3. Then somebody saw it, and scientists calculated ...
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How could the existence of an uninhabited island be kept secret from all governments until 2019?
NB: This is not a duplicate of another question. Despite this question being different and clearly stating and demonstrating how it is different below, it has been marked as a duplicate. If you agree,...
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What weaknesses could someone exploit to manipulate this "Approval plus RCV" electoral system?
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I know that there must be ways that this system can be manipulated, but I'm having trouble figuring out what they are. I imagine that, since I created this system, I'm simply too close to it ...
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If there was another realm full of magical beings, how would they cover it up to the general population?
I'm writing a story in which witches from the "higher realm" visit the "lower realm" (Earth) with a consistent frequency. However, most of, us mortals do not know it. How can I accomplish such a cover ...
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What would cause a modern society to discount a real-world, happening-in-plain-sight conspiracy?
Where conspiracy is defined as:
an agreement between persons who intend to gain some collective advantage while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it.
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How could the government trick the entire world into thinking there will be an eclipse when there isn't?
In my story, the government is looking to get as many individuals as possible outside. Is there a way to convince the population that there will be an eclipse or some other astronomical event without ...
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How do scientists know whether a virus is man-made or not?
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The alien want to make some new virus (or editing the gene of existing virus) to increase human death rate, and they don't want human to know the virus has been edited. I have read some ...
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What happens when the mega corp turns evil? [closed]
Famously, Google's founding motto was "Don't be evil."
Imagine, if you will, a corporation called FooTec that, while like Google in interests, capabilities, and assets, has chosen a different path. ...
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Cold War Alien Invasion Cover-Up
At some point during the Cold War Earth experienced one or more failed alien invasions. Both the US and USSR had to face down this alien threat, and acted accordingly.
Established facts about the war:...
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