Since I was a.  watching The Big Bang Theory (oh Sheldon ilu) episode where Leonard discovers that Penny believes in psychics but not crystal power and b.  I was reading a climategate post where a hilarious the moon landing was faked discussion broke out in the comments, I was wondering what conspiracy theories/weird crap my fellow Morons believe and/or take glee in pretending to believe.

I'll humiliate myself nobly go first.  Since this is going to be a bit long, I'll put it below the fold. 
In no particular order:

1.  Cryptozoology - Nessie, Champy, Bigfoot, that weird mound creature in Southern Ohio - I'm all about there being animals out there that we've never found.  Partly, that's because there are animals out there that we've never found.  There are some deep water shark species that have never been caught and have only been seen a few times on camera.  A live giant squid has never been found.  I think it's still true that Great White sharks have never been able to be filmed mating (though I'm not too keen on seeing that footage).  Hell, there may very well be pythons in India that are large enough to eat a person.  Do I really think that Loch Ness is home to a pod of plesiosaurs?  Well.  No.  Do I want it to be?  Yes.  You can blame Discovery Channel for goading me on about all of this.

2.  2012 - I know, I know, the Mayans don't actually believe that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012.  It's just fascinating to ponder what if there was some kind of habitual catastrophic event that destroys the then current civilization.  If there was such an event, then we'd never know that where we are at now isn't the pinnacle of human civilization.  No, I'm not going to max out my credit cards in the weeks leading up to it.  But it is fascinating to ponder how advanced the Mayan calculations are.  Plus it's fun to toss out the whole "we're all dead in 2012 anyway" thing.

3.  Global catastrophic events - I am utterly convinced that there will be a catastrophic asteroid/meteor strike, huge solar flare or that Yellowstone is going to blow and take out most of North America.  I don't particularly consider this a freaky thing to believe since those have happened and will happen again.  I don't believe that it's going to happen tomorrow or anything, but it will happen.  To paraphrase that great scientific work Armageddon, it's a big ass sky and there's basically no money being spent to watch it.  Again, blame Discovery Channel for enabling me on this.

4.  Paranormal stuff - This is more vague.  I don't particularly believe in ghosts or ESP or witchcraft or the like.  I do, however, believe that there is far more in heaven and earth.  I think some of what is viewed as paranormal (ESP, near and far sight, telekenesis) probably have scientific grounds that we just don't know about yet.  Freaky shit happens on the subatomic level.  It would not surprise me if there is some way of manipulating space/time that seems like it's seeing the future.  I would put myself in the Mulder I want to believe camp I guess.

5.  The Zombie Apocalypse - I would not be remotely shocked if some type of massive disease/biochem attack took place that wiped out most of humanity.  Hell, I frankly think it's stunning that it hasn't happened yet.  Humanity will open Pandora's Box.  We can't help it.

6.  Human cloning - I am utterly convinced the Chinese have cloned a human by now.  It's not like the Chicoms are overly picky about the sanctity of human life or the niceties of medical ethics.  I remember reading some very disturbing articles about the Chinese messing about with chimeras for "medical research".  Yeah.  That'll end well.  See re: ZA supra. 

7.  Bat Boy - Oh Bat Boy, how I miss you. 

Things I don't believe - that JFK was killed by some nefarious conspiracy, that we faked the moon landing, that the CIA introduced crack or AIDS (like the CIA is that efficient) or that Hillary killed Vince Foster and dragged his body to the park.  I do think the Colonel puts something in the chicken to make you crave it fortnightly.

So what are yours?  C'mon, we're all friends here, we won't mock.  Just look how caring everyone is about my fears of spiders and clowns.

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