We treat wood to fight termites. The treatment is unnecessary if there’s no termites, but it fights them if they’re there so we do it. In the same vein, we sho

We treat wood to fight termites. The treatment is unnecessary if there’s no termites, but it fights them if they’re there so we do it. In the same vein, we should spread “counter-conspiracy” theories to fight conspiracy theories. A kind of poisoning by noise. Hopefully, net education levels will rise over time, increasing our resistance to and eventually destroying the harmful viruses that are unfounded conspiracy theories.