What would be a good equivalent of Occam's razor to capture conspiracy theory construction?
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seems precise to me: the enabling premise is always collusion among a set of hidden conspirators, no?
"The term 'conspiracy theory' if used logically...would be about as useful as the terms 'corruption allegation' or 'suspected crime'"
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those seem useful terms to me. They do pick out a subclass from a larger class...
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yeah they're the word with the connotation removed
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by your logic, 'fruit' is not a useful term because it is not as precise as 'banana'
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no I'm saying "yellow-bellied shitfruit" is not as useful as banana ;)
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