8 Government Conspiracy Theories (And How They Could Be Right)

by Lucas Reilly – Mental_Floss

CONSPIRACY #1: THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CONTROL MY MIND.

The Truth: The government has invested millions in mind control technologies.

Who doesn’t want a telepathic ray gun? The U.S. Army sure does. It’s already researched a device that could beam words into your skull, according to the 1998 report “Bioeffects of Selected Nonlethal Weapons.” The report says that, with the help of special microwaves, “this technology could be developed to the point where words could be transmitted to be heard like the spoken word, except that it could only be heard within a person’s …read more