The Titanic Swap
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The Titanic Swap

"The greatest insurance fraud in history?"

The Story

"The Olympic was damaged. Insurance paid out less than expected. Switch the ships, sink the damaged one, collect the full insurance. The differences in photos. The last-minute changes."

The 3-Act Journey

Act I: The Pledge

Once you see a pattern, everything fits. Financial motive plus odd details equals conspiracy.

Act II: The Turn

The machinery revealed. The fallacies named. The biases exposed. Now you see the strings.

Act III: The Prestige

The same story, cards face-up. Recovered. Wiser. Understanding why you believed it.

The Machinery

Logical Fallacies

  • Texas sharpshooter
  • Cherry-picking
  • False analogy
  • Circular reasoning

Cognitive Biases

  • Pattern overfitting
  • Hindsight bias
  • Survivorship bias
  • Confirmation bias

The Motte-and-Bailey

Watch how the claim changes when challenged. The bold claim retreats to defensible ground.

The Bailey (Bold Claim)

"The Titanic was swapped with the Olympic as an insurance scam."

The Motte (Retreat)

"There were unusual coincidences and financial incentives."

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