Sure, 1% of conspiracy theories turn out to have some truth to them — but on the whole, if there’s no way of knowing in-advance which ones those are, I don’t kn

Sure, 1% of conspiracy theories turn out to have some truth to them — but on the whole, if there’s no way of knowing in-advance which ones those are, I don’t know if “engage with all the conspiracy theories, spend time and energy attacking fictional problems and innocent people” is a better response than “reject all the conspiracy theories, spend time and energy on definitely-real problems, allow some dodgy organisations to get away with stuff”...