HappyMonday
Moderator
I'm still annoyed at myself for being semi-duped by the chemtrail conspiracy theory before I discovered the information on contrailscience.com and metabunk.org.
I'm also an MC and music producer of some years standing here in the UK and so, in order to do my bit to thwart the rise in pseudoscience, I've spent the last month deciding what the most prevalent falsehoods used to hook people into the theory are, and have written a rap track incorporating the information debunking them.
Excuse the length of this post, but in the interests of peer-review from fellow debunkers I wondered if the forum would do me a favour and read over my lyric?
You can also download the current work in progress MP3 of the track if you'd like, but you'll have to private message me for a link and password.
This will be recorded properly in the next couple of days, and released via my netlabel as soon as it's mixed, with a video to follow some time in the New Year.
Thanks to those who take the time to read!
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V1
Fighting fire with fact about lines in the sky,
Theory about which is increasingly cockeyed,
And driven by the paranoid, distressing like a battlecry,
Despite distorted basis like tabloid outcries.
”Have you seen the chemtrails,” conspiracists cry,
And do you know they’re connected, to evil drives?
But that’s just speculation based on slovenly lies,
That coincide with unusual things in your eyes.
I’ll start with the claims before laying any blame,
And tame a troll or two as part of the game,
I aim to outsmart and the science reclaim,
And puncture a few egos addicted to the fame.
Elongated trails are one of the first,
Details in the tale of a scams birth,
Relies on a dearth of learning about the physics of the Earth,
Exploited by the paranoid for all that it’s worth.
It’s been science fact since 1923,
That water from an engine is likely to freeze,
Above 30 thousand feet where the temperature’s usually,
Minus 40 to minus 60 degrees.
But if the atmosphere’s also moisture free,
This allows the ice that forms to melt away with ease,
High humidity creates a second species,
Which remain along the path of the planes journey.
I’m putting it simply, to keep things easy,
For disambiguation if you like to get picky,
Ice supersaturation is the technical doohickey,
For the trick that stops contrails from dispersing quickly.
CH
There’s a worrying propensity,
It’s conspiracy,
With those who believe we’re ruled by our enemies,
But not to put an end to me,
It’s conspiracy,
That much is plain to see.
V2
So, normal contrails persist and spread,
Scientifically proved, so that claims dead,
Let’s face another line which helps a hoax spread,
Amongst those fed a diet of chemtrail dread.
I don’t remember those, you say to yourself,
When I was a pup, and I used to look up,
Approach with a hardhead as photos and film are widespread,
The archive nails this one to the masthead.
From the battle of the bulge in fourty four,
To the Memphis Belle in the second world war,
To the film Zulu and celluloid battle’s for,
Gettysburg, Rome and British Pathe’s Strasbourg.
Why all the believers? I look to nostalgia,
And it’s favourable purpose in the eyes of academia,
The rose tint factor that protects the brain from pain,
Like Pethadine in your veins could for neuralgia.
No coincidence the incidence of hippies on Twitter,
Increased air traffic that fits their mental schema,
Recall era’s of blue skies and talk bitter,
At nature clouded by man-made ice emitters.
CH
There’s a worrying propensity,
It’s conspiracy,
With those who believe we’re ruled by our enemies,
But not to put an end to me,
It’s conspiracy,
That much is plain to see.
V3
What about these documents in which our governments,
Admit to their intent to mitigate weather trends,
And the patents for devices that people invent,
Which tend to cement believer discontent?
From Welsbach to Kucinich it’s a question of extent,
To which a mention in a paper is real evidence,
For the ongoing events chem theories present,
The logical connection is decidedly bent.
A patent can apply if a device wouldn’t work,
And Welsbach is a stratospheric framework,
Far above where photographed craft safely lurk,
So sadly irrelevant to your research.
Act 2977’s a similar quirk,
Propaganda from the believers church,
Roundly condemned by it’s original source,
Related not to chemtrails but to star wars force.
I’m constructing this rap to bridge logic gaps,
If you’re connecting dots be sure to always check your facts,
Human brains are biased when they want to believe,
To confirm without criticism that which misleads.
The real treacheries in conspiracies industry,
And the need for popularity of it’s self proclaimed authorities,
Who’ve been told about disparities but continue anyways,
Exploiting naivety using basic psychology.
In the name of charity, they propagate a fallacy,
Ultimately blindly ‘til it all ends badly,
Should somebody give substance to the trend emergent,
Stop advocating violence and learn a little science.
FINAL CH
Trail’s don’t worry me
There’s no conspiracy
When you examine the claims empirically
There isn’t any parity,
It’s a fallacy,
That much is plain to see.
I'm also an MC and music producer of some years standing here in the UK and so, in order to do my bit to thwart the rise in pseudoscience, I've spent the last month deciding what the most prevalent falsehoods used to hook people into the theory are, and have written a rap track incorporating the information debunking them.
Excuse the length of this post, but in the interests of peer-review from fellow debunkers I wondered if the forum would do me a favour and read over my lyric?
You can also download the current work in progress MP3 of the track if you'd like, but you'll have to private message me for a link and password.
This will be recorded properly in the next couple of days, and released via my netlabel as soon as it's mixed, with a video to follow some time in the New Year.
Thanks to those who take the time to read!
-------------------------
V1
Fighting fire with fact about lines in the sky,
Theory about which is increasingly cockeyed,
And driven by the paranoid, distressing like a battlecry,
Despite distorted basis like tabloid outcries.
”Have you seen the chemtrails,” conspiracists cry,
And do you know they’re connected, to evil drives?
But that’s just speculation based on slovenly lies,
That coincide with unusual things in your eyes.
I’ll start with the claims before laying any blame,
And tame a troll or two as part of the game,
I aim to outsmart and the science reclaim,
And puncture a few egos addicted to the fame.
Elongated trails are one of the first,
Details in the tale of a scams birth,
Relies on a dearth of learning about the physics of the Earth,
Exploited by the paranoid for all that it’s worth.
It’s been science fact since 1923,
That water from an engine is likely to freeze,
Above 30 thousand feet where the temperature’s usually,
Minus 40 to minus 60 degrees.
But if the atmosphere’s also moisture free,
This allows the ice that forms to melt away with ease,
High humidity creates a second species,
Which remain along the path of the planes journey.
I’m putting it simply, to keep things easy,
For disambiguation if you like to get picky,
Ice supersaturation is the technical doohickey,
For the trick that stops contrails from dispersing quickly.
CH
There’s a worrying propensity,
It’s conspiracy,
With those who believe we’re ruled by our enemies,
But not to put an end to me,
It’s conspiracy,
That much is plain to see.
V2
So, normal contrails persist and spread,
Scientifically proved, so that claims dead,
Let’s face another line which helps a hoax spread,
Amongst those fed a diet of chemtrail dread.
I don’t remember those, you say to yourself,
When I was a pup, and I used to look up,
Approach with a hardhead as photos and film are widespread,
The archive nails this one to the masthead.
From the battle of the bulge in fourty four,
To the Memphis Belle in the second world war,
To the film Zulu and celluloid battle’s for,
Gettysburg, Rome and British Pathe’s Strasbourg.
Why all the believers? I look to nostalgia,
And it’s favourable purpose in the eyes of academia,
The rose tint factor that protects the brain from pain,
Like Pethadine in your veins could for neuralgia.
No coincidence the incidence of hippies on Twitter,
Increased air traffic that fits their mental schema,
Recall era’s of blue skies and talk bitter,
At nature clouded by man-made ice emitters.
CH
There’s a worrying propensity,
It’s conspiracy,
With those who believe we’re ruled by our enemies,
But not to put an end to me,
It’s conspiracy,
That much is plain to see.
V3
What about these documents in which our governments,
Admit to their intent to mitigate weather trends,
And the patents for devices that people invent,
Which tend to cement believer discontent?
From Welsbach to Kucinich it’s a question of extent,
To which a mention in a paper is real evidence,
For the ongoing events chem theories present,
The logical connection is decidedly bent.
A patent can apply if a device wouldn’t work,
And Welsbach is a stratospheric framework,
Far above where photographed craft safely lurk,
So sadly irrelevant to your research.
Act 2977’s a similar quirk,
Propaganda from the believers church,
Roundly condemned by it’s original source,
Related not to chemtrails but to star wars force.
I’m constructing this rap to bridge logic gaps,
If you’re connecting dots be sure to always check your facts,
Human brains are biased when they want to believe,
To confirm without criticism that which misleads.
The real treacheries in conspiracies industry,
And the need for popularity of it’s self proclaimed authorities,
Who’ve been told about disparities but continue anyways,
Exploiting naivety using basic psychology.
In the name of charity, they propagate a fallacy,
Ultimately blindly ‘til it all ends badly,
Should somebody give substance to the trend emergent,
Stop advocating violence and learn a little science.
FINAL CH
Trail’s don’t worry me
There’s no conspiracy
When you examine the claims empirically
There isn’t any parity,
It’s a fallacy,
That much is plain to see.
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