Conspiracy theories and Google Trends

**ForrestCroce** · 02-19-2008, 11:42 PM

Elvis isn't dead, Shakespeare never lived, and human-like reptiles secretly rule the world.

It's not clear exactly what/when the numbers mean, but more people ask Google about the area 51 conspiracy than the Apollo conspiracy.

http://www.economist.com/daily/chart...ry_id=10715149

**jamestl2** · 02-20-2008, 12:00 AM

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I'm surprised that the "New World Order" Conspiracy isn't on that list, I'd figure that it'd have at least 200,000 hits.

**ssandecki** · 02-20-2008, 04:10 PM

Interesting, surprised "new improved tinfoil hat" wasn't listed just underneath them all

**vangogh** · 02-20-2008, 07:36 PM

The reptilian conspiracy is a new one to me. Great find Forrest.

**Learning Newbie** · 02-20-2008, 07:49 PM

You mean I'm the only one searching for "Google does not exist conspiracy"?

**vangogh** · 02-20-2008, 08:26 PM

Did you try searching that on Google? Wouldn't that lead tosome kind of paradox assuming the theory is correct?

**Amirmullick3** · 02-20-2008, 08:59 PM

Wow, thanks for sharing that find.

**ForrestCroce** · 02-20-2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vangogh

Did you try searching that on Google? Wouldn't that lead tosome kind of paradox assuming the theory is correct?

Remember when Micheal J Fox's character started to disappear in Back to the Future?

Maybe everybody is doing that particular search on Yahoo.

**jamestl2** · 02-20-2008, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vangogh

Did you try searching that on Google? Wouldn't that lead tosome kind of paradox assuming the theory is correct?

Maybe it's not really Google your using to search for it. As in some kind of Pseudo-SE

**vangogh** · 02-20-2008, 11:03 PM

Maybe we've somehow managed to fight off the conspiracy by searching on Google. By using Google we've brought Michael J Fox back in the photo.