All this arguing over conspiracy theories is the direct result of

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15. I partially disagree

Trump doesn’t get all the blame.

The willingness to unquestioningly accept conspiracy theories is also due in part to some folks’ inability to cope with the uncertainty and lack of information the follows in the aftermath of a critical incident such as Saturday’s.

In this internet age, people expect to know all there is to know about something, immediately.

When that doesn’t happen, people will often simply make up an answer based on assumption, vibes, or biases, but not facts, to fill in the gaps in their understanding, or accept someone else’s made up answer, and then declare it to be the absolute truth, and insist others accept that truth as well. This relieves the anxiety over the uncertainty and not knowing. It becomes tribal, believers vs unbelievers.