The illuminati

Bob

It's not that it bugs me so much as it confuses me. I can't even google it because every site gives a different description on it. What the hell is the illuminati? What's it's purpose? Do they really want to enslave everyone and bring about a "new world order"? While we're on the subject, what was Dan Brown talking about when he wrote about them? It's all so baffling. @_@

Chagen

Do they even exist?

Bastion

It is an ancient conspiracy spanning millennia, driving every major innovation in the history of mankind, and finally culminating on March 16, 2011, when they reached their ultimate goal of making you make this thread.

Nyktos

@Chagen: They existed, briefly, in Bavaria in the eighteenth century. They were basically just like the Freemasons, and they were eventually outlawed. All evidence suggests that that was actually the end of the group, though several other groups with similar names have existed in other parts of the world at various times. The accusation that they were actually a massive conspiracy (including supposedly being responsible for the French Revolution) was first made shortly after the group was outlawed.

gIennmagusharvey

It's apophenia.

Tnophelia

It's a giant group of people devoted to making Xanatos Gambits out of every thing anyone has ever done.

glennmagusharvey

^^ 1/10 hilariously long google link

Chagen

It's a legitimate link to the wikipedia article.

Tnophelia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

glennmagusharvey

I know it's a legit link.

I also know how it was produced.