Paradoxically, that's why I believe they are genuine.
That's not paradoxical, that's common sense! I'm glad someone is applying some.
Had they been "officially" produced, I'm sure their quality would have been better.
That's generally true, but if there's something I know about conspiracy theories - and a handful of individual conspiracy theorists on SI, in particular - it's that part and parcel to their regimen is the integration of new or confounding information as part of the conspiracy itself.
It's little more than a form of self-defense, and invites easy discredit by merely observing that with each new bit of information, the alleged conspiracy has to become larger, embrace new groups and individuals, stretch to more countries, ad nauseum. Childish, really. But, as you said...
[W]e are only doing this for our own edification and amusement.
Absolutely, Searle. Virtually no one outside of this forum, and certainly not that I have come across as a New Yorker, give these meandering, disconnected and often nonsensical tales of whimsy any credence whatsoever.
Veni, vidi...dormivi.
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