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You need to come up with a new name for your thought anti-pattern, because in English, "conspiracy theory" technically means a theory that there is a conspiracy
by javert 13y ago
You need to come up with a new name for your thought anti-pattern, because in English, "conspiracy theory" technically means a theory that there is a conspiracy, and there _are_ conspiracies. Some conspiracy theories turn out to be correct.
By trying to re-use a pre-existing word, you not only incense people who are alleging conspiracies, you prevent wider recognition of the idea you are fighting to have recognized.