You forget the main reason conspiracy theories happen and get amplified: they are very convenient blankets. Case in point: all the absurd theories about 9.11.20

You forget the main reason conspiracy theories happen and get amplified: they are very convenient blankets. Case in point: all the absurd theories about 9.11.2001 made so much noise that it smothered talk about the amazing incompetence of the state security apparatus that allowed the attacks to happen. Many reasonable discussions about that theme can get derailed, and in the end you just don't want to talk about the whole subject... Same with the whole UFO theme: so many inane things drown out information about stealth tech research programs.