See also
The works of Skeptic publisher Michael Shermer.

Yes we're prone to confirmation bias. However, we are meant to also spot patterns for a reason and occasionally there are patterns that are spotted that are genuine. We must bear this in mind before we go entirely the other way.
(Dildo Bugger destroyed a ring on, Fri 2 Dec 2011, 13:31, 1 reply)

While I see your point about actual patterns
I think in the area of conspiracy theory the overwhelming majority are pareidolia pure and simple. All kinds of dodgy shit does indeed go on but it is rarely as coordinated or planned as the tinfoil hat brigade would have us believe and simple co-incidence if often far more likely than it would at first seem.

I tend to apply Occam's Razor if in doubt and I'e yet to see a conspiracy theory that held water, but please feel free to offer examples that do.

Go to sleep B3ta, all is safe, you have nothing to worry about....
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 2 Dec 2011, 16:26, closed)