ISF Death Clock

[sparks]

Of course, that makes belief in the conspiracy even dumber. We know conspiracies have happened, because they always get exposed, and the ones that have been exposed involved very few people. Things like JFK, the moon hoax and 9/11 conspiracies require that tens or hundreds of thousands of people never expose them.

I had quite a heated argument on another forum over whether a "conspiracy theory" stops being a "conspiracy theory" when the existence of the conspiracy is confirmed.

Doesn't the language insist that when a 'conspiracy theory' is exposed, it becomes just 'conspiracy' (fact)?

[arthwollipot]

Of course, that makes belief in the conspiracy even dumber. We know conspiracies have happened, because they always get exposed, and the ones that have been exposed involved very few people. Things like JFK, the moon hoax and 9/11 conspiracies require that tens or hundreds of thousands of people never expose them.

I had quite a heated argument on another forum over whether a "conspiracy theory" stops being a "conspiracy theory" when the existence of the conspiracy is confirmed.

Doesn't the language insist that when a 'conspiracy theory' is exposed, it becomes just 'conspiracy' (fact)?

That is what I was arguing, yes. I didn't quite get what the other side was getting at.