Interesting thought, Paavo. I think the harm is in the minds of those who feel that "serious debate" is damaged by entertaining the unusual. For instance(a little off topic) why did "Rasputin's dong" get butterfaced instead of remaining in general discussion? heh, heh
My point is that the "Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis" dialectic is threatened by the chaos of the wild theories. For the straitlaced, doubting the government's line is tantamount to treason or at least a question re: the person's sanity because the safety of the world is based on the integrity of the gov. heh, heh
That's why one of my themes here is undermining gov credibility on every issue possible: to show what a bunch of greedy, power hungry liars they
ALL are. If they are untrustworthy on issue "A", why would I trust their prounouncements on "B, C, and D". Then it becomes a game to find Waldo/Wally. Fun for me, because the official stories are often tissue thin, with whistleblowers lowering the boom, heh, heh.