Isnt it more that people dont have the time/interest to do ‘proper’ research, so they go off their instincts? Like the often quoted thing about how we make up a decision about someone we meet for the forst time pretty mich instantly, mainly based on how they look, then how they sound etc. What they actually say matters the least, kind of thing? And people want a simple answer? And they also get sick of science cos it keeps changing? So the leap to conspiracy theories is a sympton of the overloading of info?