[JoJo Gunn]

Absence of evidence about the conspiracy just reaffirms the power and control that the conspiracy wields.

That's something I've never quite understood.

When younger, I loved to read, also liked ghost story type stuff, and went through more than my share of flying saucer fantasies purchased at the drug store (then called SuperX). But even kids eventually figure out when they're being lied to.  

[Goonch]

“But even kids eventually figure out when they’re being lied to.”

Yea, but they have Google. I had to schlep it to the library.