Richard Dawkins book The Selfish Gene
Source: The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 5. Aggression: stability and the selfish machine
"The Mindscape of Alan Moore" (2003) http://themindscapeofalanmoore.com/index.html <br class="br">Context: Yes, there is a conspiracy, in fact there are a great number of conspiracies that are all tripping each other up. And all of those conspiracies are run by paranoid fantasists and ham-fisted clowns. If you are on a list targeted by the CIA, you really have nothing to worry about. If however, you have a name similar to somebody on a list targeted by the CIA, then you are dead.
Richard Dawkins book The Selfish Gene
Source: The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 5. Aggression: stability and the selfish machine
“I'm not a conspiracy theorist - I'm a conspiracy analyst.”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) American writer
Quoted in The Guardian, by Ryszard Kapuściński, in "Vidal salon" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/05/featuresreviews.guardianreview14 (5 May 2007) <br class="br">2000s
“All professions are conspiracies against the laity.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Act I
1910s, The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)
“Patriot Act is in fact a conspiracy of the 43d Reich.”
Janeane Garofalo (1964) comedian, actress, political activist, writer
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/12/28/hate_speech_of_the_left/ <br class="br">Attributed
William Blum book Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
"The Mindscape of Alan Moore" (2003)
Context: The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy or the grey aliens or the 12 foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control. The truth is more frightening, nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) American author and polymath
The I in the Triangle, speech held at a bookstore in Santa Cruz, California (1990)
Jeffrey Tucker (1963) American writer
Source: Conspiracies and How to Defeat Them, lfb.org, 2016-05-30 http://lfb.org/conspiracies-and-how-to-defeat-them/,