[potato3732842]

This. People have a hard time wrestling with the fractional nature of it.

You don't need to convince everyone that Iraq has WMDs or that Stanley travel mugs are hot shit, just enough people to get done what you're trying to get done.

[lo_zamoyski]

The distinction (as others make) is between conspiracies and conspiracy theories. Of course conspiracies exist. Conspiracy theories, however, are flaky, unsubstantiated substitutes for genuine explanation that hinge on improbable or impossible conditions and powers to hold [0], often in the face of contradictory and much more reasonable alternatives.

[0] https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2021/01/narrative-thinking-...