Could this be one of the reasons why there are so many conspiracy theories these days? That is, with so many dimensions of data available, one can find close connections between any two things?
A conspiracy theorist will see a lack of evidence to the contrary as evidence of the affirmative. I.e., aliens exist because government officials let us in to the military base so we can see for ourselves there are no aliens there.
Whereas a reasonable person needs evidence of affirmative to believe something. I.e., news that NASA probes have discovered bacteria in subterranean wells on Mars.
The former way of thinking can be used to "prove" just about anything. So yeah, in some sense, most data points helps fuel more conspiracies because certain people are conditioned to believe anything.
