All sounds like good advice. The only thing I would add is... we should still avoid dichotomous thinking. It is hardly any wiser to think that conspiracies never happen, than to think every bad thing that happens is due to a conspiracy.

Conspiracy is one of the most commonly committed crimes on the books. It is simply two or more people planning to commit a crime.

The Tuskeegee Experiment really did happen, and over a hundred people died as a result.

And no one thinks 9-11 was accomplished by a single individual working alone... flying four planes by himself?? or that the crime wasn’t planned?? That it fits the legal definition of “conspiracy” perfectly, cannot be contested.

The challenge is not to decide whether we believe in conspiracies or not. That would be easy. It is rather to learn the facts and figure out which event is not likely due to conspiracy, and which is, and to what extent.

Qanon is an obvious thoroughgoing hoax. JFK and 9-11 are less clear.
Powerful agencies with powerful motives and professional coverup skills should not be let off the hook just because “conspiracies can’t happen”.

Sounds like he explaining religion and how it works. I'm so glad I left it nearly 4 years ago.