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Nonexistent. but historically, that has not stopped conspiracy buffs. the united states has long been an incubator for grand conspiracy theories. jesse walker is the editor of "reason" magazine and is the author of the new book "the united states of paranoia." always good to see you. thank you for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, how do scenarios like the one i just talked about in syria, how do these kinds of scenarios become so widespread so quickly? >> well, i argue in the book that even when a conspiracy theory says absolutely nothing true -- and there are real conspira...