The wording of the title could be better. Isn't there an implication here that if in the minds of a sizeable public, X theory gains the label 'conspiracy', it's wrong by default? A significant number of conspiracy theories have turned out to be correct. Meeanwhile, who wouldn't be in favour of critical thinking regarding any subject at all?
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>A significant number of conspiracy theories have turned out to be correct.
That doesn't sound right. A lot of what some people refer to as conspiracy theories were in-fact public knowledge. There would be no evidence of discussion of these topics until after the information became publicly available. What are some of the significant number to which you refer?
Critical thinking and community values do not exclude conspiracy theories. They just reduce the number of docile sheep and shoiuld allow room for discourse and investigation. That being said, critical thinking is more or less (at least in some western countries) a thought crime of sorts.
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