We’ve got a bunch of new people now so let’s bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?

I’ll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being “creepy” through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          22 years ago

          idk, I haven’t paid that much attention to human ancestors. Usually the whole paper is “Well we found a tooth and we’re pretty sure it’s not one we’ve found before” and then 30 pages of site documentation. Human ancestors have a pretty spotty fossil record on a good day so we’re often working on very scant information.