Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational"A well written and essential tool for those navigating today's complicated geopolitical landscape." Library Journal Best selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching theory of conspiracy theories who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Nothing happens by accident, everything is connected, and there are no coincidences: that is the essence of conspiratorial thinking. Long a fringe part of the