More broadly, these theories reflect something that runs throughout the conference: a total lack of filters. No one seems to have ever asked, “Are these things actually true?” I have yet to hear anyone, at any session, ask a question even remotely like that. “How do you know?” “Have you tested these ideas?” “Why isn’t the research backing us up?” And the answers, which would come as a matter of course in a mainstream conference, are firewalled away by the guru status of the presenters. They’re invited experts, they must be right.

“The idea that you will die is a conspiracy.”

That's certainly the most eye-catching phrase I've seen all week.

Also, page 2 gets serious fast.

Yeah, Pseudo-law is a real thing, not just Arrested Development shenanigans. More folks should be alert for that.