#conspiracy thinking

This may seem like a provocative title. But here's the thing. I teach mostly humanities survey courses, to mostly non-majors. And frequently, I find myself saying/writing, in response to submitted work, some version of: "How on earth did you reach this conclusion from the evidence provided?"

And often, the student will say: "Well, I was doing research, and..."

They were not doing research. They were looking at random internet websites. These two things are not the same. Even in the rare cases where they've actually been looking at reputable secondary sources, they often misinterpret the evidence. Because I haven't trained them in reading scholarly literature. Because these are introductory survey classes and we aren't there yet.

What students usually tell me, as an excuse for wandering off into the thickets of the internet instead of doing the assignment as designed, is that they "needed more context." Which tells me that they assume they know more about how to effectively design an introductory survey course than I do. I disagree. The result is that no one is happy, and everyone has wasted their time: the students reading random stuff on the internet, and me trying to grade assignments that don't do the work.

Think about it, where is the money in health care? Sure, the pharmaceutical industry makes $1.6 trillion globally per year, but do you know how much "alternative" medicine makes? The global "wellness" industry, which includes food and nutrition, wellness and spas, and general fitness, many of the industries promoted as alternatives by the people who oppose the products of the pharmaceutical industry, makes $6.8 trillion. Granted, this is a pretty broad category which can include some more standard medical things in it, but if even a quarter of this category is the more conspiratorial "alternate medicine", that would still make it bigger than "Big Pharma".

When a state turns a blind eye, conspiracy is born. But what if the conspiracy is real?

In September 1994, one of the worst maritime disasters in European history occurred in the Baltic Sea: M/S Estonia sank in just 30 minutes, taking 852 people with it. The official cause: the bow visor detached, allowing water to rush onto the car deck.

But nearly three decades later, one question echoes louder than ever:

Why are authorities still preventing a new investigation of the wreck?

Timeline of the Disaster – Estonia Sinks in Minutes

00:55 – A metallic sound is heard from the ship’s bow, indicating damage to the bow visor’s locking mechanism.

01:00 – The bow visor detaches completely and falls into the sea, triggering the ramp’s locking system to open.

01:15 – Water begins pouring onto the car deck, causing the ship to list to starboard.

01:20 – The ship’s main engines shut down due to the list interrupting oil flow.

01:30 – The vessel is tilted approximately 60 degrees, and flooding spreads rapidly.

01:50 – The ship disappears from radar and sinks completely to a depth of about 80 meters.

A Wreck Protected from the Truth

The Estonia lies at a depth of 80 meters and no one is allowed to approach it. An international agreement between Finland, Sweden, and Estonia declared the site a protected grave, making it off-limits without special permission. But this is not just about honoring the dead it is a legally enforced ban on investigation.

And that raises suspicion: What was on board that must never be revealed?

The Mystery Hole – Proof of a Cover-up?

In 2020, a Swedish documentary Estonia – The Discovery That Changes Everything revealed a shocking detail: a large, inward-bent hole on the starboard side of the ship never mentioned in the official 1997 report.

The origin of the hole remains unexplained and authorities show little interest in finding out.

Experts have estimated that creating such a hole would require more than 600 tons of force. It could not have resulted from the bow visor’s detachment. It is not consistent with a simple seabed impact.

The hole points to external contact a collision, or possibly an explosion.

Secret Cargo – Was Estonia a Military Transport?

In 2004, it was revealed that Estonia had been carrying classified military technology to Sweden. At the time, there was no official disclosure and the cargo was never considered in the investigation.

If a civilian passenger ferry was used as a front for a military operation, could someone have wanted to stop it? Could the ship have been targeted? Why was the existence of the cargo concealed?

Submarine Collision – A Truth Too Inconvenient?

Several witnesses described a suspicious noise, like metal scraping through ice. Survivor Carl Eric Reintamm reported seeing “a white object, several meters long” in the water. Authorities never investigated this sighting they didn’t even try.

Former Estonian prosecutor Margus Kurm has publicly suggested that Estonia collided with a submarine. If that is true, it could have been a state-level operation carried out by another nation or alliance. Is the official explanation simply a cover story?

Why Is a New Investigation Blocked?

A simple question: If the official story is accurate, why fear a new investigation?

Why was the international agreement passed so quickly? Why can’t even a robotic camera be sent to the wreck without special authorization? Why are experts still denied full access to analyze the hull damage?

If the justification is respect for the dead Why is this standard not applied to other maritime tragedies?

Conclusion: Conspiracy or Concealed Crime?

In the case of Estonia, conspiracy theories aren’t wild fantasies — they are born from deliberate secrecy.

When governments refuse to address well-founded doubts, they fuel distrust. When the wreck is legally shielded from inspection, they reinforce the idea of a cover-up. And when there’s hard evidence a hole in the hull, secret cargo  we're no longer in the realm of theory, but probability.

The story of M/S Estonia is not just a maritime disaster. It is an international mystery with the truth locked beneath 80 meters of water, and no one willing to retrieve the key.

What are they afraid of? What are they hiding? Who will answer?

Time no longer heals wounds. Only truth can.

M/S Estonia – Totuus, jota ei saa tutkia?

Kun valtio sulkee silmänsä, syntyy salaliitto. Mutta entä jos salaliitto on totta?

syyskuuta 1994 Itämerellä tapahtui yksi Euroopan historian pahimmista merionnettomuuksista: M/S Estonia upposi 852 ihmisen kanssa vain 30 minuutissa. Virallinen syy: keulavisiirin irtoaminen ja siitä seurannut vesivyöry autokannelle.

Mutta lähes kolme vuosikymmentä myöhemmin yksi kysymys kaikuu yhä selvemmin:

Miksi viranomaiset eivät anna tutkia hylkyä uudelleen?

Onnettomuuden aikajana – Estonia uppoaa minuuteissa

00:55: Laivan keulasta kuuluu metallinen ääni, joka viittaa keulavisiirin lukitusmekanismin vaurioitumiseen.

01:00: Keulavisiiri irtoaa kokonaan ja vajoaa mereen, jolloin rampin lukitusmekanismi avautuu.

01:15: Vesi alkaa virrata autokannelle, mikä aiheuttaa laivan kallistumisen oikealle puolelle (starboard).

01:20: Laivan päämoottorit sammuvat, koska kallistuminen estää voiteluöljyn virtauksen.

01:30: Laiva on noin 60 asteen kallistuksessa, ja vesivahingot leviävät nopeasti.

01:50: Laiva katoaa tutkilta ja uppoaa täysin noin 80 metrin syvyyteen.

Salaisuuksien hylyksi suojeltu

Estonian hylky lepää 80 metrin syvyydessä eikä sitä saa lähestyä. Kansainvälinen sopimus Suomen, Ruotsin ja Viron välillä on tehnyt hylystä rauhoitetun alueen, jonne ei ole asiaa ilman erityislupaa. Kyse ei ole pelkästä muistomerkistä, vaan lainsäädännöllisestä tutkintakiellosta.

Ja juuri se herättää epäilyksen: Mitä aluksessa oikein oli, mitä ei haluta paljastaa?

Reiän arvoitus: todiste salailusta?

Vuonna 2020 julkaistu ruotsalainen dokumentti Estonia Mullistava löytö toi esiin shokeeraavan yksityiskohdan: Estonian kyljessä on suuri, sisäänpäin painunut reikä. Tätä vauriota ei mainittu virallisessa loppuraportissa vuodelta 1997. Syy sen syntyyn on yhä epäselvä eikä viranomaiset tunnu haluavan tietää enempää.

Asiantuntijat ovat arvioineet, että reiän aiheuttamiseen olisi vaadittu yli 600 tonnin voima. Se ei ole seurausta keulavisiirin irtoamisesta. Se ei ole normaalia pohjakosketusta.

Reikä viittaa ulkoiseen kontaktiin törmäykseen, mahdollisesti räjähdykseen.

Salattu lasti – oliko Estonia sotilaskuljetus?

Vuonna 2004 paljastui, että Estonia kuljetti salaista sotilasteknologiaa Ruotsiin. Lastin kuljetuksesta ei ollut virallista tietoa tuolloin eikä sitä käsitelty onnettomuustutkinnassa.

Jos siviilimatkustajalaiva toimi peitenä sotilaskuljetukselle, olisiko joku halunnut estää sen perillepääsyn? Olisiko alukseen kohdistunut isku? Miksi lastin olemassaolo salattiin?

Sukellusvenetörmäys – liian arkaluontoinen totuus?

Useat todistajat ovat kertoneet epäilyttävästä äänestä, joka muistutti jään läpi puskevaa metallia. Onnettomuudesta selviytynyt Carl Eric Reintamm kertoi nähneensä vedessä ”valkoisen, useita metrejä pitkän esineen”. Viranomaiset eivät koskaan selvittäneet havaintoa eivät edes yrittäneet.

Entinen Viron valtionsyyttäjä Margus Kurm on esittänyt, että Estonia törmäsi sukellusveneeseen. Jos näin kävi, kyseessä voisi olla valtiollinen operaatio jonkin toisen tahon tai liittouman toimesta. Onko koko virallinen selitys peiteoperaatio?

Miksi tutkinta estetään?

Yksinkertainen kysymys: jos virallinen totuus pitää paikkansa, miksi pelätä uutta tutkintaa?

Miksi kansainvälinen sopimus tehtiin niin nopeasti? Miksi robottikameraakaan ei saa viedä hylylle ilman erillistä lupaa? Miksi edes asiantuntijat eivät saa tutkia Estonian runkovaurioita kunnolla?

Jos kyse on hautarauhasta, miksi samaa ei sovelleta muihin merionnettomuuksiin?

Johtopäätös: Salaliitto vai salattu rikos?

Estonian tapauksessa salaliittoteoriat eivät ole villiä mielikuvitusta ne ovat seurausta tiedon pimittämisestä.

Kun hallitukset kieltäytyvät selvittämästä perusteltuja epäilyksiä, he ruokkivat epäluottamusta. Kun hylky suojataan lailla analyysilta, he vahvistavat käsitystä peittelystä. Ja kun todisteita on reiästä kyljessä salaiseen lastiin  ei ole enää kyse teoriasta vaan todennäköisyydestä.

M/S Estonian tarina ei ole vain merionnettomuus. Se on kansainvälinen mysteeri, jossa valtioiden käsissä oleva totuus on lukittu 80 metrin syvyyteen eikä avainta haluta koskaan löytää.

Mitä pelätään? Mitä salataan? Kuka vastaa?

A lot of networks and services are having trouble today. A lot of places that handles money and funds such as banks are having problems depositing and dropping money in which if you get paid biweekly then you know the troubles. It is a mess right now.

 A lot of sites are also down and giving network errors. I think it's strange how this is happening. I feel like something went down in the middle of the night and no one knows until when they try to access their accounts.

 In certain parts, cell phones services are patchy making it hard for you to get connections. We are on the brink of WWIII. Trump bombs Iran's nuclear reactors and used a bunker buster to close Iran's tunnels. We do not know how this is going to go. We do not know what is going to happen all we can do is prepare. Rather be overly prepared then not prepared enough! 

Hand crank radios, 

Batteries, 

Flashlights, 

Solar powered lights,

  Solar powered generators, 

MREs FOOD kits,

emergency supplies, 

Survival gear, 

Radiation detector and more

Book of medical herbs

Foragers guide to wild food and plants

Bluetti Portable Power Banks 

Rav Power Banks and Chargers

Just incase of a Nuclear fall out! 

1. Seek Immediate Shelter: If you are outside: Find the nearest building and get inside as quickly as possible.

If you are already inside: Stay where you are and shelter in place.

Minimize Exposure: Avoid looking at the flash or fireball of the explosion, as it can cause blindness. If you must be outside, cover your mouth and nose with a damp cloth or mask.

Decontaminate: If you were outside, remove and discard your outer layer of clothing to remove radioactive material. Wash any exposed skin with soap and water. You can wash your hair but do not use Conditioner. It will trap it in your hair. 

2. Shelter-in-Place:

Seal the space: Close and seal windows, doors, and any vents that could allow outside air to enter. Use plastic sheeting and duct tape to create a barrier.

Turn off utilities: If possible, shut off ventilation systems, air conditioners, and forced-air heating units that draw air from outside.

Stay informed: Tune into a battery-powered or hand-crank radio for official news, instructions, and updates from emergency officials.

Conserve resources: Use stored food and water supplies. Avoid consuming food or water from outside sources.

Be prepared to stay: Depending on the severity and location of the fallout, you may need to remain sheltered for days or even weeks.

3. Essential Supplies:

Emergency Kit: Have a kit prepared with essentials like bottled water, non-perishable food, a first-aid kit, a hand-crank or battery-powered radio, a flashlight, and extra batteries.

Medications: Ensure you have any necessary medications, including stable iodine if recommended by authorities.

Personal Hygiene: Include items for personal hygiene, like soap, towels, and a way to collect and dispose of waste.

4. Long-Term Considerations:

Monitor radiation levels: Follow the guidance of emergency officials regarding safe evacuation procedures and areas.

Avoid contact with fallout: Limit exposure to radioactive material and follow instructions for decontamination if you need to venture outside.

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