Eerie mobile phone footage from Elvis' 1970s concert sparks 'time traveller' theories
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Viral footage from an Elvis concert is fueling "time traveller" theories — a perfect case study in how pattern recognition and confirmation bias turn ambiguity into conspiracy.
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Theory Briefing
- Old concert footage appearing to show a modern-looking device has sparked online 'time traveller' theories about Elvis's 1970s shows.
- Sceptics quickly applied practical reasoning, noting no cell towers existed in the 1970s, undermining the smartphone interpretation.
- The episode illustrates how apophenia — the urge to find meaningful patterns in random data — drives viral conspiracy thinking.