If you’re looking for an out-there topic of discussion tonight, look no further. Here are some highlights from PPP’s latest national survey that looked at common conspiracy theories. The Atlantic Wire broke it down:
Conspiracy
Percent believing
Number of Americans believing
JFK was killed by conspiracy
51 percent
160,096,160
Bush intentionally misled on Iraq WMDs
44 percent
138,122,178
Global warming is a hoax
37 percent
116,148,195
Aliens exist
29 percent
91,035,072
New World Order
28 percent
87,895,931
Hussein was involved in 9/11
28 percent
87,895,931
A UFO crashed at Roswell
21 percent
65,921,948
Vaccines are linked to autism
20 percent
62,782,808
The government controls minds with TV
15 percent
47,087,106
Medical industry invents diseases
15 percent
47,087,106
CIA developed crack
14 percent
43,947,966
Bigfoot exists
14 percent
43,947,966
Obama is the Antichrist
13 percent
40,808,825
The government allowed 9/11
11 percent
34,530,544
Fluoride is dangerous
9 percent
28,252,264
The moon landing was faked
7 percent
21,973,983
Bin Laden is alive
6 percent
18,834,842
Airplane contrails are sinister chemicals
5 percent
15,695,702
McCartney died in 1966
5 percent
15,695,702
Lizard people control politics
4 percent
12,556,562
So there you have it. 12 million Americans believe a group of lizard people controls the U.S. government. And 15 million people think that everytime airplanes fly overhead, the government is spraying down some sort of mind-altering chemical. Kind of helps explain YouTube comments, huh?
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