Politics Key Terms

Question 1

Define Cabal

Answer 1

a secret political clique or faction.

Question 2

Falsifiability

Answer 2

Ability to prove something false

Question 3

Covert vs Overt

Answer 3

Covert is secretive. Overt is open and everyone knows about it

Question 4

Consensus

Answer 4

Majority agreement

Question 5

Peer Review

Answer 5

Review by peers

Question 6

Epsitemic Community

Answer 6

a network of professionals with recognised expertise and competence in a particular domain and an authoritative claim to policy relevant knowledge

Question 7

Epistemology

Answer 7

the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.

Question 8

Ontology

Answer 8

the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.

Question 9

Teleology

Answer 9

the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise.

Question 10

Logical Fallacy

Answer 10

common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument

Question 11

Conspiracy vs Cabal

Answer 11

Conspiracies
- Fewer People Involved
- Participants work together very closer
- goal or purpose is quite specific
- Example include: CIA agents plant evidence to frame a Senator
Cabal
- More People are Involved
- Particpants may not even know each other
- Goal or purpose is general or vague
- Examples: members of an entire religious group are working to control another group or dominate and industry

Question 12

Commonalities between Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories

Answer 12

• Two or more people working together
• In a covert way
• to produce some kind of specific, desired outcome or goal

Question 13

Patsy

Answer 13

The guy who takes the blame to a conspiritoral plan

Question 14

Warren Comission

Answer 14

The commission in charge of investigating the JFK assassination. Gave the offical story of Oswald being a lone gunman and Jack Ruby just straight up killing him.

Question 15

The umbrella man

Answer 15

Guy to was supposedly involved in JFK assassation but was really protesting his Father

Question 16

The magic bullet theory

Answer 16

the idea that the bullet what shot jfk was magic and there was no possible way that it hit jfk through the neck and it the senator (or something) three times in three different places. One bullet did all this btw. The theory was blown out of the water due to forensics, bullets not traveling in a straight line and the positioning of jfk and the senator

Question 17

Differences between UAP vs UFO

Answer 17

literally none. UAP is broader i guess. UAP has better connotation b/c UFO makes people think aliens.

Question 18

UAPs

Answer 18

UAP stands for Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, which refers to sightings of objects or lights in the sky that cannot be explained or identified as conventional aircraft, drones, or weather phenomena.

Question 19

NTK

Answer 19

“Need to know”. which is a term used in information security and access control to refer to the principle that information should only be shared with individuals who require it to perform their job duties or responsibilities.

Question 20

SCIF

Answer 20

“Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.” It is a secure room or area used to process, store, and discuss classified or sensitive information. SCIFs are typically used by government agencies, military organizations, and private companies with a need to protect their sensitive information from unauthorized access or disclosure. “Room within a room within a room”

Question 21

compartmentalization

Answer 21

a technique used to separate and isolate different parts of a system or organization in order to minimize the risk of information leakage, unauthorized access, or failure.

Question 22

plausible deniability

Answer 22

a term used to describe the ability of a person or organization to deny any involvement or knowledge of an illegal or unethical activity, even if evidence suggests otherwise. Plausible deniability is often achieved by creating a situation in which the person or organization can claim they did not have any direct or indirect involvement in the activity.

Question 23

“truthers”

Answer 23

people who buy in the conspairces of 9/11

Question 24

False Flag

Answer 24

deliberate attack, carried under false pretenses, to get the public to justify another policy or something

Question 25

LIHOP/MIHOP

Answer 25

Let it happen on purpose/make it happen on purpose

mostly always false flags

Question 26

Intelligence Wall/intelligence stovepipes

Question 27

The 9/11 Comission Report

Answer 27

the offical narrative of 9/11