Any time there is incomplete information available or missing evidence, there are going to be conspiracy theories. It's not always an irrational behaviour in my opinion. For example, even if there was no direct evidence about who conducted 9/11, some "conspiracy theorists" would have figured it to be Osama bin Laden... and they would have been right. Of course, other incorrect theories would have arisen too. Really, the only theories that we don't consider "conspiracy theories" are the ones put forward by public institutions even if they lack evidence and are also relying on possible fiction to fill in the blanks.
Having said that, most conspiracy theories are garbage and it seems a lot of the people who spread them think there is a conspiracy on every corner. I think they do exist, but are extremely rare.
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