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A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.
Conspiracy theories that have taken hold range from a faked moon landing to Barack Obama's birthplace to chemtrails.
Conspiracy theory, an attempt to explain harmful or tragic events as the result of the actions of a small powerful group. Such explanations reject the accepted narrative surrounding those events; indeed, the official version may be seen as further proof of the conspiracy.
Conspiracy theories tend to be internally consistent and correlate with each other; they are generally designed to resist falsification either by evidence against them or a lack of evidence for them.
People believe in conspiracy theories for a variety of reasons—to explain random events, to feel special or unique, or for a sense of social belonging, to name a few.
Issues: conspiracy theories. O.J. Simpson Died from Cancer, Not COVID-19 Vaccine. April 12, 2024. O.J. Simpson, a football star who was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend,...
Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life. It is easy to dismiss conspiracy theories as unhinged beliefs held by a small number of paranoid idiots, but that seriously...
