Conspiracy theories make me peevish. I grew up in a home with a lot of lying and ever since people messing with my reality pisses me off. I also believe in a complex nuanced world and trying to reduce all that complexity down to some simple “the Illuminati did it”
I have a problem with being perhaps too willing to accept weird facts. I work as an insurance lawyer (usually for the carrier). My partner is constantly seeing weird facts and assuming it means that the insured is up to something. On the other hand, my first response is "there is probably a reasonable explanation for this." She'd see your missing bike lock and assume that the only explanation was that you were conspiring to have your bike stolen for the insurance money. My response would be "::shrugs:: sometimes weird things happen."
In normal life, I think my outlook (the one you are advocating for) is the better one to have. However, as an attorney, I probably should be less willing to give the other side the benefit of the doubt.
I have a problem with being perhaps too willing to accept weird facts. I work as an insurance lawyer (usually for the carrier). My partner is constantly seeing weird facts and assuming it means that the insured is up to something. On the other hand, my first response is "there is probably a reasonable explanation for this." She'd see your missing bike lock and assume that the only explanation was that you were conspiring to have your bike stolen for the insurance money. My response would be "::shrugs:: sometimes weird things happen."
In normal life, I think my outlook (the one you are advocating for) is the better one to have. However, as an attorney, I probably should be less willing to give the other side the benefit of the doubt.