90% of Americans believe at least one conspiracy theory

People need things to happen for a reason. They need order and control.

The universe is neither. People invent ways to explain things so they can feel that whatever happening is happening for a reason - good or bad. It doesn't matter the reason or the motive behind the reason, as long as whatever it is explains why things happened. Logic need not apply.

Pandemic? Must be a global conspiracy because otherwise it is an uncontrollable global event that randomly happens throughout history.

9/11? Has to be the government because otherwise it is an event that was just an act of terrorists and that can happen anywhere at any time.

HIV? It had to be god punishing gays or the CIA or someone because otherwise there are horrible diseases out there that can randomly appear and cause a pandemic. Oh.