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“The nature of conspiracy, which among those who both feared and named it, seemed to always possess at its core a misguided belief in the competence of others, as weighed against the incapacities, r...”
“Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.”
“We tend to make up [stories] in the same circumstances in which people come up with conspiracy theories: ignorance and powerlessness. And they share the same flawed premise as most conspiracy theor...”
“The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque.”
“For any reputable person or organization to be successful, that person's or organization's actions must be based on solid information, not conspiracy theories, not hearsay, not rumors, and certainl...”
“History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy”
“MacMillian pinched the bridge of his nose. Conspiracy theories, secret societies... what the hell had he gotten himself into? What was next? Vampires? Werewolves?”
“Sometimes you just gotta wear the tinfoil hat.”
“For the evil our government does, tinfoil hats are simply not required, and are indeed a detriment.”
“We are always in a constant state of conspiracies, at least thats what they keep telling us...”
