If the Piltdown man was a hoax that was once widely believed...?
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This reasoning is really quite flawed.\nThe piltdown man is not man-made, it is instead the use of two different skeletons (one which is actually a fossil by the way).  Just because the piltdown man is a hoax has absolutely nothing to do with the authenticity of all other fossils.  How do we know the other fossils are real?  That is simple, fossilization is a easily observable and has been so many times and the fossilization process is so easily replicated there is almost an 100% certainty that this could have occur naturally.  Take the sap that comes from trees (the sticky liquid) formation that involves insect.  Has insects been caught in these before?  Of course they have, considering that the sap is most surely strong enough to hold on to an insect.  Also considering the human casts of the citizens of Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius.  During the discovery of the city, the people discovered molds from the city.  Do you believe that they were all man made/hoaxes?  Could something similar to that happen organisms from ancient times?  Of course.  Science and logical reasoning indicates that the chances of fossils forming is really quite high.
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There was an article by one of the programme producers in The Guardian recently, which included his admission that they planted some people, but also explained the selection criteria for the victims.\n\nYou could argue the article itself could be part of the hoax on us, but I think a national newspaper would be careful to avoid getting egg on their faces by being sucked into it like that, particularly given the controversy about the programme. In addition, the tone of the article was too convincing to my mind - the sense of the producer's pride in pulling it off, amusement and mischief rang true.
80112
I read that book last year. The king and the duke were scam artists. They met up with Huck and Jim somewhere along the way on his trip. They weren't really a king and a duke. They just pretended to be.
963922
The Gudgeon Reliquary? It's fictitious.
870905
Because it is one of the biggest hoaxes in history, and the people ned to know the btruth in order to guarantee their survival
472176
OH MY GOODNESS!!! YOU'RE RIGHT!! Maybe I should stop believing it now, eh? Wise up!
485892
nope, wasnt him. they had that guy on tv a while back, and wasnt marilyn manson. though, i have read interview with M M where he both said it was him, and denied it. i assume he was doing it for the press..... or he was baked out of his mind.
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Fake, the guy who started the whole Bigfoot thing told reporters that Bigfoot was made up right before he died.  Yet, people hunting for Bigfoot have said that they are not going to let that deter them from finding Bigfoot.  Do you see a problem here?  I hate stupid people.  Anyway, that one is certainly fake, the others are probably not true either.
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No, I don't beleive that it was a hoax, but I do beleive that there are things that our government has covered up. \n\nI beleive that planes hit the towers because I witnessed it and bodies were found, etc.\n\nI beleive that it was not a plane that hit the pentagon but one of our own missiles. Why...I'll never understand. There were no bodies of anyone on the plane and the damage to the pentagon does not coincide with any impact of a airliner of that size. \n\nI beleive that there was no crash in Pennsylvania either. There is too much evidence, or should I say lack of. There was never any wreckage found. No bodies! No anything but a few strategically placed pieces of fabric. \n\nWhat horrifies me is what happened to all of these people?\n\nI do not beleive in conspiracy theories at all, but after watching this. It has changed my life forever. I see you have a link to the 1st one. Here is the link to the 2nd edition. It's long but well worth it. Please watch!\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848\n\nI lost 2 very dear friends that day. I will never forget, it breaks my heart that things like this happened. \n\nI just wish the government would release the rest of the information and finally tell us the truth!
953559
It has been proven a hoax
49979
The lesser deceptions of Bernard Piffle?
469209
I think if he was, It would have been in the papers and on the news. Who told you he was? Check People.com or something like that. But I think someone is pulling your leg.
349353
It was all a hoax.  You are right.
525039
Its false. If it is true. It would not have been mysterious.
512729
...dude it was a huge hoax... never happened!
842357
No.\nI can't believe people still believe in this stories.
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The same reason we heard FDR bombed Pearl Harbor, fake moon landing, Holocaust was a hoax, Mafia and/or Castro killed JFK, Area 51 reverse engineering of Roswell UFO, and that fossils were a conspiracy propagated by paleontologists.  There's always the feeble minded that will believe anything.  Look at the high percentage of the world (80%) who take as gospel the idea of a supernatural entity without a shred of evidence.