> propagation of “conspiracy theories” is a symptom of people’s decreasing control over their reality and an inability to understand it. I've always thought "c

> propagation of “conspiracy theories” is a symptom of people’s decreasing control over their reality and an inability to understand it. I've always thought "conspiracies" were pretty simply this. Some folks have a deep aversion to the idea that things are often just "Yeah, no one really knows what's going on and there's some chaotic things happening". That can apply to genuinely unknowable/chaotic things or just things that are beyond an individuals understanding even if they might be well understood by others. The idea of meaningless chaos is so revolting that a simple and, very importantly, human source must be what is really happening because then there's someone in control and that is more comforting (despite being a grim state of affairs if true) and sensible.