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achughes · 4129 days ago · link · · parent · post: Conspiracy theories: the science behind belief in secret plots
But at the same time, most conspiracy theories are so vague that it is impossible to disprove them. Without a way to disprove them how do you sort out the legitimate concerns from the theories that are a lot bit looney? There has to be some reasonable excuse to ignore them, and if you can't disprove them the only way to do that is to call them crazy. Just like every Buzzfeed list relates to your life, some conspiracy theories are bound to be right about something, even if they got all the details wrong. And something about a stuck clock...