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> A conspiracy theory is merely a theory without corroborating evidence. It is interesting that the only term that we had to refer to a "theory about an agreem
by TelmoMenezes 11y ago
> A conspiracy theory is merely a theory without corroborating evidence.
It is interesting that the only term that we had to refer to a "theory about an agreement between persons to deceive, mislead, or defraud others of their legal rights or to gain an unfair advantage" became a synonym for lunacy, while leaving us with no short way to express the former concept.
A conspiracy theorist might suggest that we can be controlled with language.
- krapp 11y agoTo be fair, the more lunatic type of conspiracy theories are the ones most people hear about. The X-Files might be more to blame for that perception than the government. Assuming of course, the X-Files wasn't secretly a propaganda campaign intended to discredit conspiracy theorists by subconsciously associating certain theories with fiction. But then again, the government has used urban legends and conspiracy theory as a cover for its own operations before, i'm personally certain they planted the Roswell story (and retraction) in order to cover up a more mundane secret project and retrieval, but just never expected it to go as viral as it did. But even so, conspiracy theorists are half to blame for their own reputation at least.