Conspiracy theories

The conspiracy theory that global elites harvest adrenochrome from tortured children for its supposed psychedelic or life-extending properties has no factual basis. Adrenochrome is a simple oxidation product of adrenaline that can be chemically synthesized, has no documented psychedelic or anti-aging properties, and is not subject to any illegal trafficking.

Claims that Bill Gates plans to reduce the world's population through forced vaccination are false. They originate from a misquotation of his 2010 TED Talk, in which Gates argued that improving health and vaccination reduces child mortality, which leads to lower birth rates in developing countries, not to population reduction through harm.

Pizzagate is a thoroughly discredited 2016 conspiracy theory falsely claiming that a Washington, D.C. pizzeria was the site of a child sex-trafficking ring operated by Democratic Party officials. No evidence of any kind supports it: no victims came forward, no physical evidence was found, and the Metropolitan Police Department characterized it as 'fictitious.'

QAnon is a debunked far-right conspiracy theory that claims a secret cabal of satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles controls governments and media, and that a figure called 'Q' is revealing this information online. The FBI has designated QAnon adherents as a domestic terrorism threat, and all specific QAnon predictions have failed to materialize.

The claim that a race of shape-shifting reptilian extraterrestrials secretly controls world governments and prominent institutions has no empirical support and is rejected by all scientific disciplines. The theory was popularized from 1998 onward by British conspiracy theorist David Icke and has been associated with antisemitic tropes.