I think there are two elements to consider in regards to conspiratorial thinking:
1) reality is fractal. The closer you look at facts, the more detail you see, and noise too. It becomes harder to discern a picture (or a specific picture, the accepted one).
2) the more improbable the facts, the more information and meaning you get from them. So it's tempting to connect the most unexpected elements because they're the ones that give a deeper sense of discovery.
1) reality is fractal. The closer you look at facts, the more detail you see, and noise too. It becomes harder to discern a picture (or a specific picture, the accepted one).
2) the more improbable the facts, the more information and meaning you get from them. So it's tempting to connect the most unexpected elements because they're the ones that give a deeper sense of discovery.