"You can have conspiracy theories about anything in the entire world because there's no way that you could possible experience first-hand everything that you are told about. Sometimes, it simply makes sense.... and unless you believe that everyone else around you is a programmed robot, trusting what others say can be beneficial.
This is ridiculously elementary."
This makes you an ideal target. You are a lemming. If you really want to dispute a point, you could study and gain an understanding of the facts. Instead, you are content to accept what, "you are told about." Then, without any basis in fact, you choose which "truth" you will accept. You operate on faith, not fact. You do not question. You are not skeptical. Therefore, you are not open minded. Since turn about is fair play, then you tell me. How do YOU know that you have a brain. Have you seen it? What makes you so sure it is your brain where thoughts originate? Can you tell me anything about the electrical or chemical processes that take place in your brain, and how they have been tested or proven? If not, then go away and come back when you can prove you have a brain.