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    That's tricky, because "conspiracy theory" implies a level of deception that makes falsifiability of anything difficult. Like, if somebody starts chatting me up on the street and I wonder if I'm going to get scammed or jumped, that's a theory about a conspiracy, but it's not a conspiracy theory because it only involves a few people and I still can be sure what's up and what's down.

    Epstein being murdered gets called a conspiracy theory, but if a couple of guards, a warden and a single wealthy instigator were the only participants, and they were really sloppy covering it up, is that really so implausible?

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      1 year ago

      I think you are overthinking it.

      Could have been anything:

      parents lying about santa, maybe

      moon landing, nasa

      Anything is good, hahahah

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        1 year ago

        The Epstein thing was my answer to the spirit of the question, if that wasn't clear. I just added some analysis, since I don't believe actual conspiracy theories by definition, on epistemological grounds.