4 ms·

There are conspiracy theories in history that did turn out to be valid though.

• 0xfeba 9y ago
  And how many that didn't?
  • tw1010 9y ago
    A lot more.
    • DarkKomunalec 9y ago
      That holds for all theories, not just conspiracy ones.
• js8 9y ago
  Terminological remark. Conspiracy theory cannot be falsified, it is an unwarranted belief in conspiracy that cannot be disproved, because all the evidence against it is considered to be a part of the conspiracy. There were though, historically, falsifiable theories about conspiracies (perhaps best would be to call them "conspiracy hypotheses") and they were shown to be true. These conspiracies reveal some interesting facts that can be used to disprove other theories about conspiracies, for example, how many leakers can an organization of given size expect in a certain period of time. But that's sadly not what the believers in "conspiracy theories" are doing. They are self-indulging in unfalsifiable beliefs.
  • dionian 9y ago
    Just because some crazy people reject falsification of some types of theories does not make all theories effectively be falsified