Conspiracies Decoded (Quest) has a clear brief: “expert analysis combined with 21st century forensic science uncovers groundbreaking new evidence to reveal the truth behind the world’s darkest conspiracies.” Its major drawback appears to be that it doesn’t know what a conspiracy is.
Yellowstone Park sits on top of one ofScientists set up a series of probes and sensors to get an idea of the size of the magma chamber, and indeed there’s a whole lot of hot rock there, a 400 mile deep well of it. As magma heats up, we’re told, it rises up “like a giant lava lamp” – well, yes – meanwhile the number of earthquakes is increasing year on year, coupled with footage of stampeding bison which could imply an imminent eruption. Does the wildlife know something we don’t? Or, as wolves and bears inhabit the park and both hunt bison (apart from those that wear hats and steal picnic baskets), could the bison be running from them? Another scientist tells us we’re not really likely to see a super extinction volcano anytime soon and you’re actually more likely to win the lottery. Well, there we go, then. All very interesting, but not a conspiracy unless the tacit implication is that the government knows more.
