Myths & Conspiracies outline

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  • page todo: track student misconceptions, myths and conspiracies

conspiracy theory =

  • attributing to motive what is not understood or explained
  • teacher's role
    • causality v. correlation
      • what is causal (makes something happen" versus what is coincidental or related without cauality (correlation)


Illuminati

Masons

  • Mason guilds across Middle Ages Europe
    • standardized building practices
    • set and promulgated rules and precedents
    • master masons
      • in charge of large construction projects
      • interpreted and implemented architectural drawings and plans
    • architectural symbols and signs
      • said to originate with Hiram of Tyre who built Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem
        • source: "Brunelleschi's Dome" p. 47

Bermuda Triangle

Atlantis

  • Atlantis myth created by Plato in >> refernce
    • Plato's intention was to criticize the sea-based Athenian empire