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Indeed, a theory must be testable. If it cannot be falsified then it doesn't count. Not all such have to be "conspiracies", so the existence of gods or flying
by nonrandomstring 2y ago
Indeed, a theory must be testable. If it cannot be falsified then it
doesn't count.
Not all such have to be "conspiracies", so the existence of gods or
flying spaghetti monsters also don't count.
The perfect "conspiracy theory" is unfalsifiable. They survive by
evolution, since lesser (falsifiable) conspiracies get debunked.
- mr_mitm 2y agoYou could argue that conspiracy theories are falsifiable, and it's just that conspiracy theorists won't accept any proof. The flat earth theory for instance is easily debunkable: just take a flight from Auckland to Santiago de Chile.
- nonrandomstring 2y agoYou're absolutely right of course, about flat-earthers. Those sorts of people delight in dismissing incontrovertible physical evidence. Compare that with "Who really shot JFK?". Let's say that tomorrow we read a deathbed confession by the highest ranking CIA or KGB officer, setting out exactly how it all went down. At least half the people would just not believe it. Especially in the age of "deep-fakes". The narrative would just "slip sideways" into "how the whole fake confession was engineered". It's like chasing that last pea around the plate with a fork. The sharper the instrument, the less use it is. With time it's essentially become an unknowable thing. So that's what a I mean my "perfect conspiracy theory". JFK is a much more perfect "conspiracy" than flat-earth or faked moon landings which have elements of timeless physical evidence.