Its a hoax...just like the OP says, But its a hoax that people play on themselevs.
It uses two elements...suggestion and perception.
Suggestion...throw out a mix or words or numbers found in conspiracy realms, recent news items or random meaningless terms. Then allow the idea that
they must somehow be connected in some way.
Perception: Even though the information is random and meaningless, People will begin to see things however they want to see them, and whatever
direction it goes, it goes. Kind of like looking at a cloud and seeing images, or a stucco wall and connecting the dots to make something
meaningful.
Thats why you get all different and often contridictory theories about a given event, because the possible ways that a conspiratorial mind can string
facts together are almost endess.
Heres a great example of how this works:
If your wondering about the Teddy Bear in the painting, there was no teddy bear...he just said stop when the random dots got to a point where it was
"possible" to see a teddy bear in them. Then the teacher saw it because thats what she was looking to see.
The greatest hoax is the ones we play on ourselves. That is what drives most conspiracy theories today. Not to say conspiracies dont exist of course,
just that their usually 10% truth/90% fantasy.
[edit on 19-6-2010 by conspiracyguru]


