Conspiracy theories Memes

Fascinating how we've reached the point where science educators must make videos explaining that no, the government doesn't have a secret weather machine to generate hurricanes. Next up: "Water is indeed wet" and "The Earth isn't being carried through space on the back of a giant turtle." The bar for scientific literacy keeps getting lower with each conspiracy theory. At this rate, we'll need PhDs to explain that rain isn't God's tears.

The pandemic timeline according to conspiracy theorists! First, classes move online because of COVID. Then, mysteriously, "COVID engineers" graduate and enter the workforce. And suddenly—planes start falling out of the sky? Twice?! Because obviously, engineering education works better in person when you can physically touch the laws of aerodynamics. This perfectly captures how conspiracy minds connect completely unrelated events with imaginary causation. Remote learning → unqualified engineers → aviation disasters. Next they'll blame the microchips in vaccines for making pilots forget how to fly!