I read in one book where the author stated that conspiracy theories are developed by persons with some kind of a disorder in which they can not accept reality or that things simply happen as they do.
Have you ever sat in a pub or in regular company and you and your friends listen to a Billy liar type. The one that's always telling you stories about his life in the army or navy, or as a travelling salesman, etc.
You look at him talking and you just know he's spinning yarns of bullshit but the irritation is, you just can't finger him for it. You just hope that one day he will slip up or someone will come along who knows him well, who let's the cat out of the bag with certain things.
Or maybe not. Maybe years go by and you just can't get the truth of a potential lie or the potential truth of what you thought was a lie.
The thing is, does this make you unstable to think like this? does it make you mentally challenged with a disorder?
Maybe if you jumped up and punched him in the face and called out "liar, liar" whilst screaming and jumping about, that this would render you an unstable maniac.
So when people question stuff about mainstream science or happening's throughout history or in the media - why do they have to be mentally unstable?
If just one thing is found to be a lie, then is it not normal for a person to shout, " fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."...?
Now, unless everything about history and our lives, plus what the media spew out, is all the truth with no discrepancies, then I'd say there's no mental disorder to be very distrusting of information pushed onto you, wouldn't you agree?