Conspiracy theories are fun enough to be discussed. Sometimes, there are theories that are so ridiculous that we just laugh about them.
But you know, conspiracy theories are not always wrong, there are also some theories that later proved to be true. We summarized from Reader's Digest, Monday (4/7/2022) the following five conspiracy theories that were later proven to be true:
1. The project controls the human mind
The conspiracy says the CIA is testing LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs in covert experiments to modify people's behavior. In fact, there is indeed a program called MK-Ultra. However, the experiment did not go well. The drugs they secretly gave to respondents turned out to have a permanently worsening mental health impact.
2. Canada is trying to develop a gay radar
It said the Canadian government was concerned about homosexuals and so created a 'gaydar' machine - a machine to detect 'how gay' a person is. In 1960, this actually happened. The government even asked many professors from well-known universities to develop the tool.
This tool is designed to monitor pupil dilation when respondents are forced to watch erotic films. As a result, 400 people had to be fired from their jobs as civil servants to the military.
3. Dead Baby Project
There is a conspiracy theory that the United States government stole the bodies of the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In fact, the government did take body parts from babies and children to carry out the project called the 'Sunshine Project'. Without permission, more than 1,500 victims' families were harmed by the project.
4. Poisoned alcohol
The conspiracy is this: the US government is poisoning alcohol to prevent people from drinking.
In fact, alcohol manufacturers have been mixing their products with harmful chemicals for years. But between 1926 and 1933, the federal government encouraged manufacturers to use stronger poisons. More than 10,000 Americans have been killed by tainted liquor.
5. The government is spying
Simple, conspiracy theorists believe that the government is spying on its citizens with high technology. The reality? Of course yes.
In 2016, US government agencies sent 49,868 requests for user data to Facebook, 27,850 to Google, and 9,076 to Apple, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a large non-profit organization that advocates for civil liberties in the digital world.