Conspiracy Theories

A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable. The term has a pejorative connotation, implying that the appeal to a conspiracy is based on prejudice or insufficient evidence. Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence against the conspiracy and an absence of evidence for it, are re-interpreted as evidence of its truth, and the conspiracy becomes a matter of faith rather than proof.

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The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
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Paranoia (Michael Bennett, #17)
Return to Sender (Walt Longmire, #21)
The Big Empty (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #20)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Keera Duggan, #2)
Locked In (Department Q, #10)
The Medici Return (Cotton Malone, #19)
Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)
Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly, #3)
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
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Conspiracy theory has gone too far when the explanation for everything being connected is less believable than the idea that sometimes, people just make mistakes, or... you know, gravity happens.
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Anne Applebaum
The emotional appeal of a conspiracy theory is in its simplicity. It explains away complex phenomena, accounts for chance and accidents, offers the believer the satisfying sense of having special, privileged access to the truth. For those who become the one-party state’s gatekeepers, the repetition of these conspiracy theories also brings another reward: power.
Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

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