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Tin Foil Hats and Lizards V3 week 3
Anglais niveau 2 (LANG0087-4)
Université de Liège
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Listening (2)
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What is special about the Long Stone?
Part of an old stone circle (2 stones), the main stone (standing stone) where satanic rituals happened on a regular basis; empty environment around it; ley lines = invisible lines of energy that split up the world
What does Icke say about the reptilian brain?
One of the traits in the brain (both reptilian a human) is an obsession with rituals.
What kind of groups can one find on the Isle of Wight, according to Icke?
Pedophiles, Satanists and Freemasons 1 run the island (its government and everything else)
What does Icke say about the ritual?
They would be all around the stone and having a sacrifice on the stone; they would manipulate the sacrifice and drink his blood immediately; people would then go crazy with the blood.
What does Icke say about Stanley Kubrick? And about Eyes Wide Shut****?
He was an insider (of the ritual) and wanted to expose it. His movie Eyes Wide Shut was given no fanfare what so ever; Kubrick died very soon after the movie was done. He filmed a scene of a ritual with Tom Cruise. → Shot in a Rothschild mansion. But apparently, they took 25min off of the movie (blood scenes).
What does Icke say about the public and the occult hierarchies?
Public: president, secretaries of state etc. the real = occult: higher → if you’re higher in the occult hierarchy, then you have more power than someone high in the public hierarchy
What is Icke’s prediction on the Internet?
Because of the danger of terrorism and its communication, these things have to be stopped (conspiracies) → censor group/thought police (“Ministry of Truth” cf. 1984 , Georges Orwell)
What is the paradox of David Icke’s life?
He’s a very private person. Almost everything he’s done in his life was very public, but he personally is very private.
What is the moral Icke reaches on the pier?
“You never know where life goes, so all you can do is enjoy the moment.” “If you keep walking and believing in what you’re doing, then something comes out the other end.”
1 Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of
stonemasons that from the end of the 14th century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Freemasonry has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories throughout the years.
Reading (2)
Why So Many People Believe Conspiracy Theories
By Jeffrey Kluger October 15, 2017
William of Occam would have hated conspiracy theories. A 14th-century philosopher and Franciscan friar 1 , William is celebrated for developing the “law of parsimony,” better known today as “Occam’s razor.” [According] to the razor principle, the simplest explanation for an event is almost always the best; shave away any extraneous 2 assumptions, and what you’ve got left is usually the truth.
That’s not exactly the way conspiracy theorists think. [Either] Barack Obama was actually born in Hawaii, or an international plot unfolded over multiple decades to conceal his Kenyan birthplace and install him in the presidency. [Either] vaccines are safe and effective, or every major hospital and health organization in the world is covering up the fact that they actually cause autism. Never mind the razor — conspiracy theories are nothing but extraneous assumptions.
The question is, why do so many people believe in them? Why do even the most preposterous 3 theories — the Nazis survived but they fled to the moon; the world is secretly being run by a reptilian elite — have fiercely loyal adherents? There are nearly as many explanations for conspiracy theories as there are theories themselves, [but] some patterns do appear again and again.
The most common theories are the ones that follow the eddies of politics. As a broad rule, a party or group that’s out of power will be more inclined to believe in conspiracies than a group that’s in power.
“Conspiracy theories are for losers,” says Joseph Uscinski, associate professor of political science at the University of Miami and co-author of the 2014 book American Conspiracy Theories. Uscinski stresses that he uses the term literally, not pejoratively. “People who have lost an election, money or influence look for something to explain that loss.”
1 a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians,
Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans); 2 irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with; 3 contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
likely to change their minds. What may work better is non-judgmentally discussing the consequences of believing in conspiracy theories. In the case of vaccines, that can mean showing parents pictures of children with measles, or describing the deadly effects of preventable diseases.
Intervening early with facts can also make a difference. Children who learn the science behind vaccines or global warming are less likely to believe in conspiracies when they encounter them later in life. Catch the conspiracy bug first, and the infection can be hard to cure with even the heftiest 1 later doses of science.
Ultimately, the human mind is a free and often irrational agent, and people will believe [what] they want to believe. Believing the truth may not be as much fun as believing the fables, but it makes for a better mind — and a better culture, too.
Fill in the gaps with the best alternative:
[GAP 1]: due (cause → consequence) – according – accordingly (adverb) – notwithstanding (linking word, usually used as a preposition, but very formal)
[GAP 2]: neither – or – either – however
[GAP 3]: neither – or – either – however
[GAP 4]: however – nonetheless – conversely – but
[GAP 5]: during – while – soon – once
[GAP 6]: by (meaning: “with a significant margin”) – on – in – for
[GAP 7]: despite – while – since – when
[GAP 8]: however – therefore – hence – so (can be used as an adverbial and as a conjunction; here: conjunction)
[GAP 9]: albeit (pronounced “all be it”) – unless – if – ifly
[GAP 10]: wich – which – what – that
Use of which - use of that:
My daughter who lives in Scotland is getting married. → Specifies which daughter (2 or + daughters) → defining clause → we can use “which” and “that” interchangeably
My daughter , who lives in Scotland , is getting married. → use of which
Define the underlined words from the text.
- Philosopher : person who seeks to understand fundamental truths about himself, the world in which he lives, and his relationships to the world and to others
- Plot : a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
- Eddies : a drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history
- Pejoratively : word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something; also used to express criticism, hostility, or disregard
- Masterminding : plan and direct (an ingenious and complex scheme or enterprise)
- Disgruntled : unhappy, dissatisfied or angry
1 Large and heavy.
- Stick out : be extremely noticeable
- Nattering : talk continuously for a long time without any particular purpose
- Mock : make fun of someone in an unkind way
- Bug : a harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium or a virus
Which words or expressions from the text have the following definitions:
- Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources → parsimony
- Contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous → preposterous
- The power to shape policy or ensure favourable treatment from someone, especially through status, contacts, or wealth → influence
- Take forcible possession of → seize
- A soft, moist mass of material, typically consisting of bran, flour, herbs, etc., applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth → poultices
- Feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong → blame
- Denoting a person who promotes a specified activity, situation, or feeling, especially one that is undesirable or discreditable → monger
- Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course → move the goal posts
- Having no companions; solitary or single → lone
- A group of people with a shared profession, interests, or acquaintances → circle
Listening (3)
Why conspiracy theories are rational to believe
youtu/9uybi1lNoho
How do conspiracy theories work? Give information for each of the three.
If people have experienced some terrible events (assassination, economic downturn etc.), the human mind tries to find some sort of outlive for grief/rage/uncertainty
Social networks: if people are talking to like-minded others, theories can go viral; even if they have a reality check from some external source, it won’t be credible, because it can be folded in the conspiracy theory itself (“Of course they would say that!”)
Some people are drawn to conspiracy theories; that affect is so intense, that people would believe in logical incompatible conspiracy theories
What happens when there’s a correction of a conspiracy theory?
Often amplifies people’s belief in the original thought because the denial seems like proof.
What do most conspiracy theorists have in common?
They are often well-educated, extremely well-informed about the topic and not insane.
What is one of the motivations of Dr Sunstein’s work? Explain.
Extremists often know only a few things about people they’re talking to or even about extremists themselves → brilliant essay, because it’s connected with political belief generally where people just listen to people they trust and don’t have ground knowledge
What is said about the belief of climate change?
Tin Foil Hats and Lizards V3 week 3
Cours: Anglais niveau 2 (LANG0087-4)
Université: Université de Liège
