Key Ingredients for a Convincing Pseudoscientific Psyop:
Ancient Wisdom Suppressed by Elites
"The phlogiston theory was discarded by the scientific elite to keep the masses ignorant of natural fire energy."
Complex Systems That Are Hard to Verify Independently
"Have you ever actually seen a molecule of oxygen? No? Then how do you know it’s real?"
Appeal to Sensory Experience
"You can feel heat and see fire when something burns. But no one’s ever seen oxygen doing anything. Maybe that 'combustion' is just phlogiston escaping!"
Mock the Official Narrative
"So we’re supposed to believe you breathe in an invisible gas that somehow powers your body and yet you can’t see, taste, or touch it?"
Blame Institutions
"The oxygen hoax is funded by Big Pharma to sell you tanks, masks, and inhalers. If people knew about phlogiston, they’d heal naturally with fire therapy."
Fake Experts or Misused Quotes
"Even Newton believed in alchemy. Are you saying you're smarter than Newton?"
Conflate Real Historical Suppression
"Look how Tesla’s work was buried. Why not Stahl’s too?"