The problem with dismissing conspiratorial thinking is that a lot of "conspiracy theories" are true, including a number of the ones social scientists use to judge whether someone is overly prone to believing conspiracy theories: https://t.co/8PXdvgs5fE

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 23, 2019

Whoa, Ezra Klein actually said something intelligent. That doesn’t happen often. But he’s completely right, and the actual conspiracies that scientists claim aren’t conspiracies are multiplying all the time as the past is retconned to fit the modern narrative.