Politics Key Terms Flashcards
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Define Cabal
a secret political clique or faction.
Falsifiability
Ability to prove something false
Covert vs Overt
Covert is secretive. Overt is open and everyone knows about it
Consensus
Majority agreement
Peer Review
Review by peers
Epsitemic Community
a network of professionals with recognised expertise and competence in a particular domain and an authoritative claim to policy relevant knowledge
Epistemology
the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
Ontology
the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.
Teleology
the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they arise.
Logical Fallacy
common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument
Conspiracy vs Cabal
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
Commonalities between Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
- Two or more people working together
- In a covert way
- to produce some kind of specific, desired outcome or goal
Patsy
The guy who takes the blame to a conspiritoral plan
Warren Comission
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.
The umbrella man
Guy to was supposedly involved in JFK assassation but was really protesting his Father
The magic bullet theory
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
Differences between UAP vs UFO
literally none. UAP is broader i guess. UAP has better connotation b/c UFO makes people think aliens.
UAPs
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.
NTK
“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.
SCIF
“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”
compartmentalization
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.
plausible deniability
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.
“truthers”
people who buy in the conspairces of 9/11
False Flag
deliberate attack, carried under false pretenses, to get the public to justify another policy or something
