The "conspiracy" part of "conspiracy theories" is that other people are deliberately and knowingly concealing the truth for their own ends. - "The moon lan

The "conspiracy" part of "conspiracy theories" is that other people are deliberately and knowingly concealing the truth for their own ends. - "The moon landing is faked" : the conspiracy is the media campaign selling this fake lunar landing - "Princess Diana’s death was not an accident" is a royal assassination coverup - "Dinosaurs never existed" means an anti-religious conspiracy of scientists and experts pretend Dinosaurs exist as an attempt to discredit the bible The difference between theories and conspiracy theories is that Copernicus' opponents didn't actually secretly know that his theories were true