It depends where you look on the Internet, and what the source content is that of what you read.
There are fact checkers, peer reviewed medical knowledge, good information on other sciences, Britannica online, good information on operating systems, free textbooks, investigative websites and responsible news. A lot of it is free or easily accessible.
Yes, I figured that out when I was about 12. There was no Internet yet, but there were libaries. I figured that all the knowledge you might ever need, for whatever task, it is all written down. You can search it, you can read it, whenever You may happen to need it.
So there is no challenge in that, no magic and no nothing.
At that point I quit learning, and started to look out for that which is
not written in the libraries.
So, what do you need "fact checkers" for? Why do you need people to tell you what you are allowed to think and what not?
I learned about where to look and how to sort it. Some conspiracy theories can only go so far, until information can be verified by unrelated independent groups, but this information is not as quick to be noticed by everyone.
What do you need "unrelated independent groups" for? You could go and verify the stuff by yourself.
And then it comes out, that these conspiracy "theories" are not banned because they are wrong, they are banned because they are true.
"(like that smoking pot will not kill you nor make you a junkie)," this information has been around in encyclopedias from at least the early 90's, that referred to the 70's.
Yes, that's what I am talking about! I am online since 1988, and I was significantly involved in achieving this one!
Because, up to that time, you could very easily have your home searched when only
talking about the matter!
Information then, said it wasn't chemically addictive, and compared to alcohol in this sense, but recent information by the scientific community has changed to say it's mildly addictive, that tolerance for it builds. People overreacted to it, because it started finding its way to grade schools. It's actually an overrated plant. Those who decide to use it have a negative impact
Yes, yes, that may all be more or less correct, and I am not promoting to use the stuff. But that's not the point, the point is this:
Harry J. Anslinger. This is a proven conspiracy. This is (or, say, was)
official state-doctrine distributing blatant lies, consistently, over decades, spending billions on the support of these lies, and prosecuting and putting into jail everybody who would dare to disagree (like Timothy Leary)!
This is a proven one, nowadays, but it was not in my youth. And that is what there is to know about conspiracy "theories".
Lets get to the next one: I happened to get my prep-for-evac, in writing, six hours
before 9/11.
At that time my people did work on lots of interesting stuff, supposedly related to the interbanking software etc.. I didn't track it all, but we had those travel restrictions; people from our team were not allowed to travel in the same airplane together.
It seems we had been important, so important that those up higher would not be able to afford a significant loss of our team's members. And so, it seems, a decision was made beforehand, that my people should somehow be kept safe from the 9/11 happening.
"'dont-tell-them-anything-that-could-make-them-think' agenda" has been around since forever, from the beginning of civilization, to feudal systems, to colonial America, to indentured servitude and slavery and other social constructs.
Exactly. That's why I prefer to do my own investigations, and have my own X-files.
Our system is better today, as there are social constructs in our constitutions that offer some protections, if it weren't for so many uneducated people who don't know propaganda benefits those with a selfish motive. Today much of the problem is laziness, they rather have someone tell them something, than read it for themselves, and say, well, this person will always inform me, so they can only go at the pace when someone wants to inform them. But, they are so ready to read texts full of stupidity.
Yes, and, as I often said, the stupid make money off the even more stupid.
But why should I care? Why do You care?
There are open questions, and I want answers. What other people do is not my concern. If they also want answers, they can join in. If not, then that's not my business.