Olmsted is a smart historian, and her book is full of smart history, but her thesis is dead wrong and makes things worse. [Thread about distinguishing conspiracy theory from justified strong skepticism]

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Conspiracy theorists are different in kind, not degree, from critical thinkers trying to unmake government plots to deceive their citizens in at least 2 key ways.