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Belief in conspiracy theories is a very good barometer of judging if someone can think logically and distinguish relevant facts from emotion and heresy. Sadly too many people fail this simple test.

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I would refine that to something more akin to belief in spooky ideas and theories. Then we can bring in stuff that's legitimately kooky, like astrology, which is where such statements really pertain. Your phrasing sounds more like simple conservatism, in that it seems to posit that there is only one interpretation of events possible, and even thinking of others is a sign of a sort of mental defect. (At least you didn't claim it indicated a moral one!) This strikes me as more legitimate to an age of popes and kings than of democracies and free presses.