Conspiracy theories Quote by Thomas M. Nichols

“Conspiracy theorists manipulate all tangible evidence to fit their explanation, but worse, they will also point to the absence of evidence as even stronger…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“More important and more relevant to the death of expertise, however, is that conspiracy theories are deeply attractive to people who have a hard…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“As philosopher Brian Keeley has pointed out, by weaving every niggling anomaly into a grand unifying theory, conspiracy theories can look stronger than the…

— Rob Brotherton

“Defining what constitutes a conspiracy theory is difficult.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice Junior

“Arguing at length with a conspiracy theorist is not only fruitless but sometimes dangerous, and I do not recommend it. It’s a treadmill of…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Conspiracy theories are ways for someone to understand what is going on in the world and try to restore some sense of control in…

— Oscar Auliq-Ice Junior

The beauty of any conspiracy theory is that because it can't be proved, that just makes it more 'real.' It's not a question of…

— Dean Haglund

Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such theories, the…

— Cass Sunstein

“Facts count. Conspiracy theories, usually the refuge of the bitter or disempowered, range from factually challenged to wildly hallucinogenic. Many conspiracy theories do both…

— K Lee Lerner

The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth…

— Alan Moore

I think that there is something that happens, a phenomenon that happens around a conspiracy theory, where if you believe in a conspiracy theory,…

— Ben Domenech

The conspiracy community regularly seizes on one slip of the tongue, misunderstanding, or slight discrepancy to defeat twenty pieces of solid evidence; accepts one…

— Vincent Bugliosi