Home Here is the fundamental seductiveness of the conspiracy theory—any conspiracy theory. It is, ironically, a product of our modern, enlightened, post-superstition approach to knowledge. It’s grounded in the notion that reason and logic—even truth—are out there somewhere, accessible to any mind that’s smart enough and dispassionate enough. It appeals to libertarians, to Real Men of Genius who refuse to acquiesce to the consensus of other men without seeing their work. It is a reasonable, self-confident skepticism that easily deteriorates into hubris: Hey, we’re just asking questions here… He who controls the past controls the present. Who controls the past?… Open your eyes, sheeple… To such men, it never occurs that their critiques could be conditioned or motivated or manipulated, too.
27 August 2026
Here is the fundamental seductiveness of the conspiracy theory—any conspiracy theory. It is, ironically, a product of our modern, enlightened, post-superstition approach to knowledge. It’s grounded in the notion that reason and logic—even truth—are out there somewhere, accessible to any mind that’s smart enough and dispassionate enough. It appeals to libertarians, to Real Men of Genius who refuse to acquiesce to the consensus of other men without seeing their work. It is a reasonable, self-confident skepticism that easily deteriorates into hubris: Hey, we’re just asking questions here… He who controls the past controls the present. Who controls the past?… Open your eyes, sheeple… To such men, it never occurs that their critiques could be conditioned or motivated or manipulated, too.
