[nineplay]

That's an interesting way of looking at it. The theory you highlight was not of course the 'original' theory which may have been something more like.

> Why did something bad happen? I must have done something wrong.

> Why did something good happen? I must have done something right.

> There sure is a lot of cool stuff around. Someone must have made it.

Perhaps the original conspiracy theory is free-will, the idea that we have some control over anything that happens to us. No evidence, no proofs, just a hopeful thought that we can do something to make things better.