Skeptical America’s ‘Katespiracies’ fixation goes beyond a reasonable doubt

Nothing will satiate the hive mind in a post-truth America, where a deep distrust in institutions makes the ability to have civic discourse difficult

For a while, the Katespiracies" were the most fun people have had on the internet in a long time.

The whereabouts of the Princess of Wales after her planned abdominal" surgery and subsequent recovery were not particularly high stakes, and so many reveled in the threads and group chats as the what ifs" got wilder - the theories both more specific and more incredible at the same time.