> People can also find conspiracy theories entertaining – and the more entertaining people find them, it seems, the more likely they are to believe in them. Th

> People can also find conspiracy theories entertaining – and the more entertaining people find them, it seems, the more likely they are to believe in them. There is a lot to this. Entertaining can be enough, but often it's entertaining + hatred of a person or group + political manuevering/scapegoating (motive for spreading negative rumors and conspiracies even if a large portion spreading them don't truly believe them, or at least allowing them to more easily genuinely suspend disbelief). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_Diamond_Necklace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_Diamond_Necklace