# What were your favorite lunatic theories on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021 "2021-07-22T01:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/142 "2025-05-04T12:02:19Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Cladking… Cladking… Cladking It took a while, but it worked. Now if only we could summon Sunny\_Daze. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/143 "2025-05-04T12:04:06Z")
Haha, yes, well… you are right ---
**Author:** ![cladking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@cladking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cladking)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/144 "2025-05-04T13:00:13Z")
It’s a big world with lots more to talk about than just ancient history. Is “scientism” taboo here? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/145 "2025-05-04T13:03:46Z")
Technically, history is ancient.😉 ---
**Author:** ![cladking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@cladking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cladking)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/146 "2025-05-04T13:12:05Z")
There’s also ancient history from ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/147 "2025-05-04T13:35:23Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I’m fairly sure I read here first, the theory that the pyramids [were built](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-the-pyramids-in-egypt-built/706559/266) using hydraulic power via the Nile. > > This is not the craziest version of the theory. There was some other nutter before this poster, but “search” has limitations. It is worse, that thread showed that the “theory” was not just hydraulic power, but also a combination of natural and man made geysers…with no evidence whatsoever of that. And even worse, mentioning too that the ancient book of the death was about that technology was something that never explains why there were no descriptions elsewhere about the fantastic water works of the day. Nope, the evidence showed that writings of the book of the death are repeated in the context of burials and mummies. Not about workers making [mojitos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojito) with all the soda water. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/148 "2025-05-04T13:52:49Z")
> [@cladking](#): > > I call our species “_homo circularis rationatio_” (man whom reasons in circles). To us “evidence” is whatever supports what we believe. We choose our beliefs and then understand reality only in terms of those beliefs and eventually becoming the beliefs. Most of what we believe is false and based on nonsense 19th century science derived from old wives tales. > > Science has been overturned by experiment but we choose not to see it. You forgot to mention the obvious corollary to that, which is that the purpose of science education is to brainwash us with lies so that we don’t find out The Truth™. Throw that in, and you now have the identical world view of another poster who was mentioned earlier in this thread, MANTRAPHILTER. That poster was mentioned in connection with a long thread in which he regaled us with his theory that unified the four fundamental forces of physics, the understanding of which apparently physicists have got all wrong. The thread was eventually closed when he started insulting other posters who took exception to his theory (which he claimed was not theory, but **fact**!). He, too, had disdain for things like higher education, math, and facts, none of which his “theory” required. We also have this Tom guy in FQ who has literally zero understanding of even the rudimentary basics of special relativity, but has taken the time to lecture us on why Einstein was wrong and the speed of light is not a limitation to how fast one can travel through space. The proof of this astonishing fact can be provided by a thought experiment: think about a rocket with really, really powerful rocket engines, and there you go! I suspect Tom doesn’t have much use for higher education, either. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/149 "2025-05-04T14:06:06Z")
This reminded me of one of my favorite lunatic theories seen in the SDMB, the “electric-sun hypothesis” and the “electric/plasma universe theory”. Never mind that it ignored the evidence of meteors and volcanic activity for making craters in all the solid planets and moons of the solar system. It seriously tried to explain how the sun and planets had time and precision with the electrical arcs-lightnings to make the big craters. The planets in the past moved slower back then, you see… 🤦 (Search for “electric-sun” if you want the gory details.) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/150 "2025-05-04T14:11:51Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > You forgot to mention the obvious corollary to that, which is that the purpose of science education is to brainwash us with lies so that we don’t find out The Truth™. Throw that in, and you now have the identical world view of another poster who was mentioned earlier in this thread, MANTRAPHILTER. WAKE UP SHEEPLE! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/151 "2025-05-04T14:44:55Z")
I liked him. Obviously I disagreed with both his claims and his ‘evidence’. However, he genuinely believed that he was endangering his own life by telling us about the electric sun. He continued speaking out anyway, because he thought people deserved to know the truth. Was he any good at science? Umm, no. Was he willing to sacrifice himself for the good of his fellow human beings? Yes, he was. I thnk that is worthy of praise. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/152 "2025-05-04T14:50:33Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Was he willing to sacrifice himself for the good of his fellow human beings? Yes, he was. I thnk that is worthy of praise. Uh, **NO**. That way of thinking has resulted in the **enforcement** of things that are bad for fellow human beings. > **[Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest single-year cut to NASA in...](https://www.space.com/space-exploration/experts-alarmed-as-white-house-proposes-largest-single-year-cut-to-nasa-in-american-history)** > > "It would recklessly slash NASA’s science budget by 47%." > **[How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-layoffs-budget-cuts-medical-research-60-minutes/)** > > Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/153 "2025-05-04T16:01:19Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > MANTRAPHILTER Is it **MANTRA PHILTER** or **MAN TRAP HILTER** **HITLER?** ? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/154 "2025-05-04T16:44:34Z")
Hey, that’s just like Homer. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/155 "2025-05-04T18:31:16Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Actually, Shakespeare’s plays were written by someone else with the same name. > Fact. Actually, only some were written by Shakepeare. Others were written by some guy named Shakspere. Some of his earliest works were written by Shakesspere and Shaxpeer. Unless one were to believe that the great literary bard couldn’t spell his own name! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/156 "2025-05-04T19:23:24Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Until I followed that link (thank you) I thought the most tenacious defense of a losing position on the board were those who insisted there was a scene added to the end of the film _Big_. Remember- the whole thread was tongue in cheek. It was never meant to be serious. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/157 "2025-05-04T19:24:54Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I noticed that no one here mentioned the threads that Shakespeare was written by somebody other than Shakespeare. Several are considered co-authored, actually. [William Shakespeare's collaborations - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare%27s_collaborations#:~:text=Henry%20VIII%3A%20generally%20considered%20a,about%20half%20of%20the%20text). ---
**Author:** ![cladking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@cladking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cladking)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/158 "2025-05-04T19:26:51Z")
The difference being that I keep getting proven correct. You should try to keep up with the science. But I’m not back to talk about being correct about anything at all as I know I can be wrong about anything at all. I wanted to talk about scientism and how everyone seems to know the answer and the nature of reality except for me. If there’s any interest we can start another thread. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/159 "2025-05-04T19:32:10Z")
> [@cladking](#): > > If there’s any interest we can start another thread. There isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/160 "2025-05-04T19:40:41Z")
Remember FormerAgent, and the guy who thought the world was about to end due to secret planets (or maybe a secret Sun?) but that before we perished it was vital to establish that moneyed interests had been responsible for all the presidential assassinations ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/161 "2025-05-04T19:44:27Z")
C’mon, don’t keep it to yourself. What’s the biggest thing that you think everyone accepts, but it’s wrong, and how do you know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021.md?page=9)