I agree. Wikipedia "watered down" the meaning of "conspiracy theory" so that it could be used in situations it couldn't before. In effect, defending its use in

I agree. Wikipedia "watered down" the meaning of "conspiracy theory" so that it could be used in situations it couldn't before. In effect, defending its use in closing off argument and discussion. Anytime you have an event or situation upon which origin or cause people have varied takes, some explanations might seem more probable than others. That doesn't make the others "conspiracy theories", it just makes them less probable possibilities. It's sometimes even used when the true probabilities aren't even known.