I've known some deluded people.

I can't say I "believe" in these, yet I don't know that I disbelieve either.

"Conspiracy" and "theory" aren't one word. We KNOW, beyond any doubt there have been conspiracies in the past. We KNOW there are unscrupulous people in powerful positions who would not hesitate to deceive, cheat, harm, or kill others to preserve or gain more power.

The question then, is not "why do you believe one?", but why are you certain NONE of these are true?

Example: I'm pretty sure we've been to the moon, yet I can't understand why, since the 911 plane wreck site in PA was cluttered with bodies, papers, luggage, seats, wing parts, engines, the outer layers of the plane, scorched ground, yet there was no trace of ANY of that at the pentagon, not even any trace of the wings hitting the building. ... Go look at the pix.

I'm NOT saying anything about that, but I've never heard a satisfactory explanation either.

Yes.

I try not to underestimate the stupidity or perfidy of my fellow humans. They often amaze me nevertheless.

I think that most "conspiracy theory" is simply stupid shit that distracts from the real issues. Or is there to discredit some one or something.

Real conspiracy exists, that is no reason to believe some of the nonsense out there.

From wikipedia...

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" was a phrase made popular by Carl Sagan. However, Laplace writes: "The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness."[1] Also, David Hume wrote in 1748: "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence", and "No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish."[2] and Marcello Truzzi says: "An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof."[3]

I am a little bit disappointed in those of you that believe this stuff. I really expected a bit more skepticism around here.

A chap I used to know was a great believer that the moon landings never happened. He also believed that dinosaurs never existed and that the fossil record had been falsified for reasons he could never explain.

My ex-wife believes that Israel was behind 9/11 and that the Rothschilds control pretty much everything - fairly shocking considering she most certainly isn't an antisemite, but it just goes to show how pervasive some antisemitic myths are.

A colleague, as I've mentioned on this website before, believes Mohammad built the Great Pyramid with help from aliens.

I have a neighbor...wow is all I can say about him. heh heh But I do believe JFK was ACCIDENTALLY shot a second, and fatal time, by a secret service agent, from a follow car after the shots of Oswald.

No to all.

Silly conspiracy theories all.

All conspiracy theories are the products of troubled, paranoid minds.

No. None. Utterly crazy ridiculousness.

No one has proved any to me yet, although I do keep my eye on a few of them. Hey, there might be one or a few, that are true. I don't think many of them are though.

Them against us for our money but don't give a flying fuck. how do you know your vote is counted? how do you know who owns you? have you really got rights? blah blah blah

Edward Snowed, the Pentagon Papers, etc... These are provable.

The government is using chem-trails to kill us. I meet people all the time spreading this nonsense. I do not believe in conspiracy theories. There is too much to enjoy in life. I cannot spend my time being paranoid. Also, the group of super evil best friends known as the illuminati. That one is my favorite.

My cats are plotting to kill me in my sleep

Yeah I’m not much like conspiracies

Here are the stupid conspiracies my mom believes in:
-9/11 was a false flag
-Sandy Hook was a false flag
-The CIA killed JFK
-Chemtrails are real
-The Holocaust was exaggerated
-The Illuminati is real
-Hillary Clinton has ordered the assassinations of dozens of people
-The Moon Landing was hoaxed
-The cure for cancer is being suppressed
-Hitler fled to South America
-The CIA killed Martin Luther King Jr.

There are probably more I'm forgetting.