Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing
Where are these people who know all this stuff? Why am I out of this club? Everybody knows stuff about what's happening in November. I mean, the last time I was on the program I said, "It's a million years [until November]. Donald Trump was almost killed by an AR 15. Joe Biden has been suffering with some level of dementia that's been progressing through his entire term in office." Well, when was the last time you saw MSNBC with five geriatric neurologists watching his gait, his speech and telling you their professional opinions from publicly available data? You're in the magic show, baby. And the funny part about it is, the reason I don't want to hybridize with anyone else is that Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing is very much an adult activity. Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing is not based on saying, "well, I've got the certainty over here and I've lost it because I know I'm being lied to. So I can tell you exactly what is going on. It's the lizard people." Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing says, "I know that the story makes sense, and I know that I don't know how to correct it."
- Eric Weinstein on Chris Williamson #833 on Sept 2, 2024
Given that conspiracies exist in the world, why is it that we don't have people who are responsible conspiracy theorists? My claim is that people tend to be pushed, once they start considering whether something is really wrong, to give their version of events. And my belief is that I don't have to explainâI don't owe you an explanation of what Jeffrey Epstein was. I can tell you what he almost certainly was not. He portrayed himself as a Currency Trader, with an extensive operation run out of I think Villard House in Manhattan. I do not believe that anyone has given a coherent picture of his trading prowess, who his counterparties were, where he did prime brokerage. I have heard no discussion of records recovered from Villard house. I don't believe Leave that it is likely that his fortune came from trading as he was portraying. I don't believe that he was particularly interested in either trading or deeply in science, although he's very interested in collecting scientists, for his for his intellectual life or social life or some purpose, it's not clear.
- Eric Weinstein on The Jolly Swagman #78 on January 30, 2020
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