Good question and the answer is very simple. If the argument cannot be sustain with logic and/or traceable facts then it's all BS. Some of those may land in the conspiracy theory territory, yes I think that's a possibility

Because they lack either the factual evidence or the understanding to explain what they perceive to have happened, or both, in many cases. This is often compounded by the inability to accept that the simple explanations are most often correct. They want to believe it’s complex.

Here in the US, it’s likely due to decades of far-wrong media propaganda.. With the internet, the conspiracies theories are endless. There are (mostly) guys who’ll memorize them as if they’re fact … to the exclusion of reality. They surely think we’re nuts! It’s scary, very scary.

I suspect it's because of aliens.

Maybe because they don't have evidence or facts for their theories.

Because they're lazy. Rather than explore to confirm their suspicions, they just grasp any crazy little nugget they see, then go back to their finish their beer. White trash.

"Conspiracy Theory" is a term created by the CIA to obviate the objections to the Warren report.

Fact: not possible for Oswald to have fired the bullets as quickly as needed, with the accuracy needed, with the rifle "he" used.
The "Magic Bullet" defied all physics.
But, obviously this is a conspiracy theory.

Because "Show me the birth certificate!", that's why!

They don't have anything based in reality to justify their bullshit.

I have a pet theory about this that it's chemtrails implanting the idea of conspiracy theories during the alien probes. Just a theory though.

Because sometimes we’ve excepted the truth and not what we’ve been told to believe.
I can say that not all accurate but it’s not us but people like yourself that thows the word theory at us as soon as it doesn’t correlate with the information that you’ve accepted.

Just like every lie that your media sells you there’s a hint of truth the same can be said for some of the information that we receive. We’ve just got to adult and intelligent enough to put them together to find the greater truth.

Just saying we say the same thing about y’all except it’s why are they so quick to believe and digest government and corporate sponsored propaganda. Hope that helps ✌?

Idiots abound.

One definition I have heard for conspiracy theories is, "a persons attempt to find order in confusing world". Link this with a strong need for security and possibly a little paranoia and you end up with Alex Jones. Except with Alex he has gotten rich making stuff up.

Because George Soros is paying off all the climate scientists to distract from the democrat false flag boomerang attacks they set up on themselves because the public won't admit the truth that Hillarys emails are way more important than Ivankas if you take into account the fake news propagation of a false globe theory on the flat earth that the sandy hook crisis actors are so clearly projected onto from the lunar holographic snowflake laser all over these pedophilic pizza parlors across the country. Duh.

I think they like to assert themselves as logical thinking individuals... only problem is, their logic runs away with their imaginations. ?

How many? I don't accept the premise of the question.

Maybe some of them have looked into it and this is the only viable option for them.

It's a lot easier than thinking for yourself, or checking the validity of whatever the conspiracy is claiming to be true and citing those facts - which usually there aren't any to back up the theory.