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History is full of genuine conspiracies. Powerful elites conspiring to advance their own self interest. It is also full of people connecting unrelated events into elaborate stories that collapse under scrutiny; the impetus to see the ‘hidden hand’ everywhere. Our expert "After Hours" panel discusses why conspiracy theories are so seductive, how real conspiracies have actually worked in practice, and whether our obsession with hidden plots tell us more about ourselves than about the world, or vice versa.

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