There seems to be an expansion of the meaning of “conspiracy theory” here, to cover just about any form of wacko-ness or crankism. There may be some ways in wh

There seems to be an expansion of the meaning of “conspiracy theory” here, to cover just about any form of wacko-ness or crankism. There may be some ways in which earthquake-prediction cranks overlap with conspiracy theories, but it’s not really a valid characterisation, and it seems lazy on the part of the writer.