The classic conspiracist attempt at a syllogism: "Some conspiracies turned out to be true, therefore my specific conspiracy claim is true." It's not valid, I'm afraid. And what's worse, people trying this logical leap out always try and list the few conspiracies that they think were proven right, but they never wrestle with the hundreds …
The classic conspiracist attempt at a syllogism: "Some conspiracies turned out to be true, therefore my specific conspiracy claim is true." It's not valid, I'm afraid. And what's worse, people trying this logical leap out always try and list the few conspiracies that they think were proven right, but they never wrestle with the hundreds of conspiracy claims that were proven wrong. Pointing to 3 correct conspiracy theories in a vacuum might seem impressive, but pointing to 3 correct conspiracy theories out of thousands of wrong ones is somewhat...less impressive.
The classic conspiracist attempt at a syllogism: "Some conspiracies turned out to be true, therefore my specific conspiracy claim is true." It's not valid, I'm afraid. And what's worse, people trying this logical leap out always try and list the few conspiracies that they think were proven right, but they never wrestle with the hundreds of conspiracy claims that were proven wrong. Pointing to 3 correct conspiracy theories in a vacuum might seem impressive, but pointing to 3 correct conspiracy theories out of thousands of wrong ones is somewhat...less impressive.