The Math of Conspiracy Theories

I give you credit, David Robert Grimes!

Conspiracy

We shall clarify the working definition of conspiracy theory here as … “an effort to explain some event or practice by reference to the machinations of powerful people, who attempt to conceal their role (at least until their aims are accomplished)”. ¹

Some Conspiracies Are Real

You have only to ask Julius Caesar if conspiracies are real. A modern, real conspiracy was Chris Christie shutting down a bridge to New Jersey as politcal payback to a mayor who wouldn’t endorse him. So as a baseline, we can say that conspiracies exist.

Conspiracies are real, bra.

Below is a chart of real conspiracies as analyzed by David Robert Grimes in his research:

1. NSA Prism project,

2. Tuskegee syphilis experiment,

3. the FBI forensics scandal.

The longest-lasting was 25 years. It is important to note that most of that time was before the Information Age, characterized as post

social media. The other two were six years.