A former organization from the last century, consisting of scientists that wanted to escape from the (at the
time) strictly religious outside
world. After
science became a subject to freely discuss in public without danger, the Illuminati disbanded.
Its name was based on the verb 'to illuminate', due to the members of the former group seeking enlightenment about the
world.
In recent years, people started claiming that the Illuminati is some sort of conspiracy order/deity rising to, if not already at, total control of the world.
Said people also claimed the eye within a triangle (the
Owl's Eye) found on dollar bills is an "All seeing eye", that is found within any shape that could be
seen as a triangle, or anything that could end up with 3 (due to triangles having three sides), no matter how indirect.
Conspiracy theorist: "Illuminati is everywhere! It's controlling us all!"
Random bystander: "Not sure if that
guy is desperately trying to be
funny, or actually stupid."