“In a world of full of manipulation, half-truths and lies, the conspiracy theory is often a safer bet than the official story.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“the crazy theory is designed to survive this winnowing process. That’s how conspiracy theories work.” — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
Counter-knowledge covers the propagation of false legends and conspiracy theories often used for political purposes or fundamentalist religious propaganda. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I believed excessively in Conspiracy Theories - though maybe not as much as the U.S. government does. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
As an NBA fan, there is nothing more irritating than when the league's credibility is challenged by cockamamy conspiracy theories. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Conspiracy theories tend to depend on conspirators who are unduly evil with genocide or world domination as a motive,” — Oscar Auliq-Ice Copy Share Image
Most conspiracy theories seem psychotic to the nature of politics because in essence they go against popular opinion. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“Yes, people of both genders pop up at events to hold forth on irrelevant things and conspiracy theories, but the out-and-out confrontational… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
If you want to - if you want to engage in conspiracy theories that the White House and the vice president intended… — Kate O'Beirne Copy Share Image
“There aren’t enough pages in this or any other book to catalog the amount of bad information on the Internet. Miracle cures,… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
The Left always promote their fake news and conspiracy theories - pushing the lies of 'racism,' 'sexism,' 'homophobi-ism,' 'Islamophobi-ism.' They support NFL… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
“Innovative technologies such as cold fusion, and radical energy sources, including sonoluminescent-triggered fusion and anti-gravitational propulsion, are either being withheld or blocked… — Dr. Takaaki Musha Copy Share Image
“Something died in the American people on November 22, 1963—call it idealism, innocence or the quest for moral excellence. It is the… — James Shelby Downard Copy Share Image
“Yes, people of both genders pop up at events to hold forth on irrelevant things and conspiracy theories, but the out-and-out confrontational… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Sunstein said government agents ‘might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating conspiracy theories… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“Bottom line: you never ever saw him looking wrong. Knowing this, I felt a cold shiver down my spine when I read… — Mayte Garcia Copy Share Image
“Not to mention the fact that the belief in conspiracy theories is already a form of conspiracy theory in itself. It's to… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“The reason we should worry about conspiracy theories and misinformation is that they distort the debate that is crucial to democracy,'' says… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And even if there were souls, and there was a devil, he's not going around granting fame and fortune just for your… — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
“The FBI has stated that the investigation relating to Kennedy’s assassination is officially closed. The government’s position still stands behind the Warren… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“Conspiracy theories, by contrast, are frustrating precisely because they are so intricate. Each rejoinder or contradiction only produces a more complicated theory.… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
“Consider the various ways in which Trump’s campaign represented a one-man campaign against established knowledge. He was one of the original “birthers”… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
“But no one who studies autocratic propaganda believes that fact-checking or even swift reactions are sufficient. By the time the correction is… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Having served as California's top elections official, I've been fighting back against Trump's 'Big Lie' and conspiracy theories about the integrity of… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
You choose your own reality and you - social media then amplifies those conspiracy theories. So that's why I say social media… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Logic and people who subscribed to conspiracy theories were often strangers to each other.” — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
“The internet would seem an antidote to conspiracy theories and state secrecy, but it has only amplified both.” — Sarah Kendzior Copy Share Image
Look, conspiracy theories are so much more interesting than the truth. But the last time I checked, Fox still has the word… — Brian Stelter Copy Share Image
“Conspiracy theories come up whenever people feel like the universe is too random. Absurd. If it’s all an enemy plot, at least… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
A lot of things, whether it's Brexit, the U.S. election, things that are happening on Facebook Live, the way that Twitter in… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
Any normal candidate who mocked the disabled or made crude reference to a woman's menstrual cycle or dabbled in 9/11 conspiracy theories… — Pamela Meyer Copy Share Image
Conspiracy theories themselves are big business, of course, selling books, videos, conferences, and all kinds of merch. Then there is the economy… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
Neither Marianne Williamson nor Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ever held elected office. Williamson gained no traction during her 2020 presidential bid.… — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
“On November 10, 2001, Bush specifically denounced “outrageous conspiracy theories” dealing with the attacks. He couldn't have fanned the flames of the… — Monte Cook Copy Share Image
For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War,… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
I think it's great when people accuse me, almost always falsely, of promoting conspiracy theories, because that shows how effective I am… — Mike Cernovich Copy Share Image
