I wonder if the search for order/meaning might be the byproduct
Akin to saying humans crave sugar- maybe it’s rhetorical but I think it’s more like we crave energy and sugar just happens to be the biggest band for the buck (and modern processing techniques have made it so the basic human need is highly addicting)
So to the conspiracy stuff, maybe yearning for order is the byproduct (like you say, life is not orderly, so why would an organism crave what isn’t naturally occurring?)
I think what we respond to is efficiency
Aside from courtship, most organisms will try to satisfy their needs as efficiently as possible (predators will target the sick and old - many animals will take over existing shelter if it’s easier than making their own, et al)
So we hear a theory and we probably ask two questions: - does this answer a question?
- do I have to spend much brain energy on it?
(Note. Believing in a conspiracy is different than making one - the making of them is, by design, highly inefficient)